1898 - 1973
Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his four‑volume series The Emigrants. The novels, published between 1949 and 1959, deal with the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilhelm Moberg has received more than 148,340 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Vilhelm Moberg is the 2,510th most popular writer (down from 2,243rd in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 321st in 2019) and the 28th most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 2,510 out of 5,755. Before him are James Aldridge, Jack Williamson, Edgar Lee Masters, Heinrich Hoffmann, Maithili Sharan Gupt, and Félix Fénéon. After him are Sergey Aksakov, Predrag Matvejević, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Edith Pargeter, Stephenie Meyer, and Gitta Sereny.
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,504
1908 - 2006
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,505
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,506
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,507
1886 - 1964
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,508
1861 - 1944
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 2,509
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,510
1791 - 1859
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,511
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,512
1480 - 1557
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,513
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,514
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 2,515
1921 - 2012
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 2,516
Among people born in 1898, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 114. Before him are Eric Hoffer, Achille Van Acker, Tian Han, Vladimir Fock, Yitzhak Kaduri, and Paul Robeson. After him are Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Irene Dunne, Benjamin Fondane, Lucius D. Clay, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, and Helmut Hasse. Among people deceased in 1973, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 105. Before him are Ben Webster, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Walter Krüger, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Gabriel Voisin, and Lorenzo Fernández. After him are Robert Watson-Watt, Mirra Alfassa, Laurens Hammond, Alexander Mosolov, Dean Corll, and Alexander Vandegrift.
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 108
1898 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 109
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 110
1898 - 1974
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 111
1898 - 2006
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 112
1898 - 1976
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 113
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 114
1898 - 1985
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 115
1898 - 1990
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 116
1898 - 1944
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 117
1898 - 1978
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 118
1898 - 1980
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 119
1898 - 1979
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 120
1909 - 1973
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 99
1889 - 1973
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 100
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 101
1888 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 102
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 103
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 104
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 105
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 106
1878 - 1973
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 107
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 108
1900 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 109
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 110
1887 - 1973
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 111
Among people born in Sweden, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 351 out of 1,612. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (1549), Alicia Vikander (1988), Lisbeth Palme (1931), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Oskar Backlund (1846), and Kristina Söderbaum (1912). After him are Anders Sparrman (1748), Greta Thunberg (2003), Lena Endre (1955), Ola Ullsten (1931), Evert Taube (1890), and Odd Nerdrum (1944).
1549 - 1597
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 345
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 346
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 347
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 348
1846 - 1916
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 349
1912 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 350
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 351
1748 - 1820
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 352
2003 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 353
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 354
1931 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 355
1890 - 1976
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 356
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 357
Among writers born in Sweden, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 28. Before him are Elsa Beskow (1874), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Karin Boye (1900), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), and Jonas Jonasson (1961). After him are Esaias Tegnér (1782), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Sven Lindqvist (1932), and Artur Lundkvist (1906).
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 22
1869 - 1941
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 23
1900 - 1941
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 25
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 26
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 27
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 28
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 29
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 30
1793 - 1866
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 31
1850 - 1888
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 32
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 33
1906 - 1991
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 34