Falun
Falun ranks 1,460th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Suhl, Osnabrück, and Monrovia. Memorable people born in Falun include Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Ferdinand Boberg, and Joakim Brodén. Memorable people who died in Falun include Carl Larsson, Hugo Alfvén, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn. Falun has been the birth place of many cyclists and biologists and the death place of many painters and composers. Falun is located in Sweden.
Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1741 and 1995, Falun was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Ferdinand Boberg, and Joakim Brodén. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Falun including Carl Larsson, Hugo Alfvén, and Johan Gottlieb Gahn.
People Born in Falun
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Carl Linnaeus the Younger
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1
Ferdinand Boberg
1860 - 1946
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 2
Joakim Brodén
1980 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 3
Tomas Jonsson
1960 - Present
HPI: 40.01
Rank: 4
Maja Dahlqvist
1994 - Present
HPI: 31.46
Rank: 5
Marcus Ljungqvist
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.77
Rank: 6
Jenny Rissveds
1994 - Present
HPI: 27.77
Rank: 7
Patrik Carlgren
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.03
Rank: 8
Lina Leandersson
1995 - Present
HPI: 22.25
Rank: 9
Newly Added People Born in Falun
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1980 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 3
Maja Dahlqvist
1994 - Present
HPI: 31.46
Rank: 5
Lina Leandersson
1995 - Present
HPI: 22.25
Rank: 9
People Deceased in Falun
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Carl Larsson
1853 - 1919
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 1
Hugo Alfvén
1872 - 1960
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 2
Johan Gottlieb Gahn
1745 - 1818
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Falun were cyclists (2), biologists (1), architects (1), musicians (1), and hockey players (1), while most who died were painters (1), composers (1), and chemists (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Falun since 1700.
