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Ellen Key

1849 - 1926

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Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (Swedish: [ˈkej]; 11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, and was also a suffragist. She is best known for her book on education Barnets århundrade (1900), which was translated into English in 1909 as The Century of the Child. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Key is the 1,282nd most popular writer (down from 1,112th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ellen Key ranks 1,282 out of 7,302. Before her are Ephraim Kishon, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Ivan Gundulić, Theodor Storm, Hugo Gernsback, and Nadezhda Mandelstam. After her are Elizabeth Gaskell, Georges Rodenbach, Giovanni Papini, Ono no Komachi, Alcman, and Ibn al-Nadim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Ellen Key ranks 24. Before her are Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alexander Kielland, Nogi Maresuke, Eva Gonzalès, John Ambrose Fleming, and Max Nordau. After her are Armand Peugeot, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, Basil Zaharoff, Vera Zasulich, and Lord Randolph Churchill. Among people deceased in 1926, Ellen Key ranks 33. Before her are William Bateson, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Mikao Usui, Ugyen Wangchuck, Friedrich von Wieser, and Knut Wicksell. After her are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Alphonse Borrelly, Théo van Rysselberghe, Eino Leino, and Edwin Abbott Abbott.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ellen Key ranks 192 out of 1,879. Before her are Helge von Koch (1870), Jan Guillou (1944), Knut Wicksell (1851), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Mats Wilander (1964), and Torsten Wiesel (1924). After her are Canute II of Sweden (1200), Ann-Margret (1941), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), Nicolai Gedda (1925), and Hans Blix (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Ellen Key ranks 12. Before her are Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Martinson (1904), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), and Jan Guillou (1944). After her are Maj Sjöwall (1935), Olaus Petri (1493), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Karin Boye (1900), Stig Dagerman (1923), and Camilla Läckberg (1974).

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