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Erik Gustaf Geijer

1783 - 1847

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Erik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. He was an influential advocate of conservatism, but switched to liberalism later in life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Gustaf Geijer is the 3,367th most popular writer (up from 3,432nd in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 491st in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 3,367 out of 7,302. Before him are R. J. Palacio, E. Nesbit, Denis Davydov, Jean Effel, Giosafat Barbaro, and Peter Benchley. After him are Dunash ben Labrat, Alexander Dukhnovych, Daniel Guérin, Bhavabhuti, Constantine of Preslav, and William Hope Hodgson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 29. Before him are Georgios Sinas, Julius Klaproth, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles Julien Brianchon, Cheung Po Tsai, and Frédéric de Lafresnaye. After him are Nadezhda Durova, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Guglielmo Pepe, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Pattimura, and John Crawfurd. Among people deceased in 1847, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 31. Before him are Marie Antoinette Murat, Friedrich von Gärtner, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, William Smith, Thiệu Trị, and Daniel O'Connell. After him are Alexey Venetsianov, Tyagaraja, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, José Joaquín de Olmedo, and Archduke Friedrich of Austria.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 504 out of 1,879. Before him are Lars Gustafsson (1936), Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695), Roland Sandberg (1946), Ivar Johansson (1903), Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839), and Lena Endre (1955). After him are Erik Almlöf (1891), Johan Richthoff (1898), Jan Eliasson (1940), Emma Wiklund (1968), Orvar Bergmark (1930), and Rudolf Svensson (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 40. Before him are Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Kerstin Ekman (1933), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Gunnar Ekelöf (1907). After him are Viktor Rydberg (1828), Liza Marklund (1962), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Åsa Larsson (1966), Lina Sandell (1832), and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718).

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