WRITER

Viktor Rydberg

1828 - 1895

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Abraham Viktor Rydberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːbraham ˈvɪ̌kːtɔr ˈrŷːdbærj]; 18 December 1828 – 21 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Rydberg has received more than 99,219 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Viktor Rydberg is the 3,496th most popular writer (down from 3,336th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 454th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Teutonic mythology
Accessible book, Folklore, Germanic Mythology
1889
Roman days
Accessible book, Art, Description and travel
1879
Skrifter
1896
The Tomten
Trolls, Fiction, Translations into English
Tells the story of Tomtem, a little troll who talks to all animals.
1960
Vapensmeden
1896
Singoalla
Accessible book
1894

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viktor Rydberg ranks 3,496 out of 7,302. Before him are Justus Jonas, Jonathan Littell, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Jeff Lindsay, Rosa Montero, and Mirko Kovač. After him are Dunash ben Labrat, Andrew Lang, Bonaventure des Périers, Hafez Ibrahim, Yang Jiang, and Hulda Garborg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Viktor Rydberg ranks 42. Before him are Lahiri Mahasaya, Mór Than, Charles Floquet, Étienne Carjat, Herman Grimm, and Franjo Rački. After him are Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., Heinrich von Ferstel, Leonardo Murialdo, Maria Deraismes, Effie Gray, and Josephine Butler. Among people deceased in 1895, Viktor Rydberg ranks 56. Before him are Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Sophie Adlersparre, Hayranidil Kadın, Henri Ernest Baillon, and Meijer de Haan. After him are John Wesley Hardin, Daniel Kirkwood, Jorge Isaacs, Petko Slaveykov, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, and Nikolay Girs.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Viktor Rydberg ranks 501 out of 1,879. Before him are Rudolf Svensson (1899), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Katarina Taikon (1932), Olle Hellbom (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100). After him are Charles De Geer (1720), Tommy Körberg (1948), Kent Andersson (1942), Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), and Knut Ångström (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Viktor Rydberg ranks 42. Before him are Åsa Larsson (1966), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Gunilla Bergström (1942), and Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783). After him are Liza Marklund (1962), Viveca Sten (1959), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), and Hjalmar Bergman (1883).

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