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Anders Chydenius

1729 - 1803

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Anders Chydenius (Finland Swedish: [ˈandærs tɕyˈdeːniʉs]; 26 February 1729 – 1 February 1803) was a Swedish-Finnish Lutheran priest and a member of the Swedish Riksdag, and is known as the leading classical liberal of Nordic history. He carried out his life's work in the Kingdom of Sweden, advocating for free trade, freedom of speech, and social reforms. Born in Sotkamo, Finland (then part of Sweden) and having studied under Pehr Kalm at the Royal Academy of Åbo (Turku), Chydenius became a priest and Enlightenment philosopher. He was elected as an ecclesiastic member of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates in 1765–66, in which his Cap party seized the majority and government and championed Sweden's first Freedom of the Press Act, the most liberal in the world along with those of Great Britain and the Seven United Provinces (of the Netherlands). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Chydenius is the 401st most popular physician (down from 350th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 110th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Anders Chydenius ranks 401 out of 726. Before him are Kusumoto Ine, Hélène Sparrow, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Ibn Abi Usaibia, Scribonius Largus, and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer. After him are Adolph Kolping, Antoine Louis, Abella, José Gregorio Hernández, Jim Yong Kim, and Adrien Proust.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Anders Chydenius ranks 21. Before him are Florian Leopold Gassmann, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Christian Gottlob Heyne, Thomas Percy, Gaétan Vestris, and Michał Kazimierz Ogiński. After him are Michael von Melas, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Michael Denis, and Pierre André de Suffren. Among people deceased in 1803, Anders Chydenius ranks 27. Before him are William Hamilton, Maria Fortunata d'Este, Kirill Razumovski, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Sylvain Maréchal, and Samuel von Brukenthal. After him are Jean-François de La Harpe, François Marie Daudin, Arthur Guinness, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud, and Nicolas Baudin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Anders Chydenius ranks 122 out of 751. Before him are Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Walter Jakobsson (1882), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), Sanna Marin (1985), Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), and Rauno Aaltonen (1938). After him are Pentti Linkola (1932), Martti Miettunen (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Jonni Myyrä (1892), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), and Kaarlo Castrén (1860).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Finland

Among physicians born in Finland, Anders Chydenius ranks 3. Before him are Elias Lönnrot (1802), and Ragnar Granit (1900). After him are Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870), Arvo Ylppö (1887), and Aarne Pohjonen (1886).

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