WRITER

Zachris Topelius

1818 - 1898

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Zacharias Topelius (Finland Swedish pronunciation: [sɑˈkɑːriɑs toˈpeːliʉs]; 14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898) was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zachris Topelius has received more than 105,297 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Zachris Topelius is the 1,318th most popular writer (up from 1,364th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Finland (up from 49th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Samlade skrifter
Accessible book
1899
Sånger
1867
Times of Gustaf Adolf
Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648, Fiction, Accessible book
1883
Ljungars saga
Accessible book
1896
Blad ur min tänkebok
Accessible book
1898
The Surgeon's Stories
Accessible book
1883
Sånger
1867
Blad ur min tänkebok
1898
Maamme kirja
History, Fiction
1944
The Surgeon's Stories
1883
Ljungars saga
1896
Samlade skrifter
1899

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zachris Topelius ranks 1,318 out of 7,302. Before him are Bei Dao, Khaled al-Asaad, Matteo Bandello, Ubertino of Casale, Sadegh Hedayat, and Rasul Gamzatov. After him are Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Khaqani, Anthony Bourdain, Lee Child, Khaled Hosseini, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Zachris Topelius ranks 26. Before him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Amalia of Oldenburg, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, Angelo Secchi, and Frederick Douglass. After him are Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Richard Jordan Gatling, Maria Mitchell, and Emil du Bois-Reymond. Among people deceased in 1898, Zachris Topelius ranks 25. Before him are Henry Bessemer, Aubrey Beardsley, Heungseon Daewongun, William Ewart Gladstone, Edward Burne-Jones, and Princess Francisca of Brazil. After him are Prince Gong, Georges Rodenbach, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Georg Ebers, Tuone Udaina, and Siegfried Marcus.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Zachris Topelius ranks 47 out of 751. Before him are Aleksis Kivi (1834), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Matti Nykänen (1963), Eliel Saarinen (1873), Hugo Simberg (1873), and Hannu Mikkola (1942). After him are Jari Litmanen (1971), Eero Saarinen (1910), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Antti Aarne (1867), Armi Kuusela (1934), and Georg Henrik von Wright (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Zachris Topelius ranks 8. Before him are Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Mika Waltari (1908), Mikael Agricola (1510), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), and Aleksis Kivi (1834). After him are Eino Leino (1878), Väinö Linna (1920), Juhani Aho (1861), Minna Canth (1844), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Fredrika Bremer (1801).

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