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Esaias Tegnér

1782 - 1846

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Esaias Tegnér (Swedish: [tɛŋˈneːr]; 13 November 1782 (1782-11-13) – 2 November 1846 (1846-11-03)) was a Swedish writer, professor of Greek, and bishop. During the 19th century, he was regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man. Much is known about him, and he also wrote openly about himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Esaias Tegnér is the 2,418th most popular writer (up from 2,993rd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 415th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Esaias Tegnér ranks 2,418 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriel Matzneff, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Alexander Fadeyev, Renaud Camus, and James Boswell. After him are Marius Aventicensis, Samuil Marshak, Antiochus Kantemir, Isaac Alfasi, Lucilius Junior, and Paschasius Radbertus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Esaias Tegnér ranks 24. Before him are Princess Marie of Baden, John C. Calhoun, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, Julie Guicciardi, Marcellin Marbot, and Faustin Soulouque. After him are Georg August Goldfuss, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Conrad Graf, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, and Pierre Berthier. Among people deceased in 1846, Esaias Tegnér ranks 13. Before him are Andrew Kim Taegon, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau. After him are Domenico Dragonetti, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Joseph Weigl, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Giuseppe Acerbi, and Maria Severa Onofriana.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 363 out of 1,879. Before him are Eric Lemming (1880), Svante Nilsson (1460), Oscar Swahn (1847), Karl Staaf (1881), Carl Milles (1875), and Lena Nyman (1944). After him are Stefan Johansson (1956), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Pehr Osbeck (1723), and Viveca Sten (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 26. Before him are Maria Gripe (1923), Elsa Beskow (1874), Per Wahlöö (1926), Håkan Nesser (1950), Sven Nordqvist (1946), and Ulf Stark (1944). After him are Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Viveca Sten (1959), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Jonas Jonasson (1961), and Lars Norén (1944).

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