RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ilon Wikland

1930 - Today

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Maire-Ilon Wikland (née Pääbo; born 5 February 1930) is an Estonian-born Swedish artist and illustrator. Wikland was born in Tartu, Estonia and raised in Haapsalu, Lääne County on Estonia's Baltic coast. In 1944 she escaped with the family of a classmate from the second Soviet occupation of Estonia, to Sweden, where she arrived as a refugee. In 1953 Wikland applied for a job as illustrator at Rabén & Sjögren. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilon Wikland is the 1,280th most popular religious figure (up from 1,413th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ilon Wikland ranks 1,280 out of 3,187. Before her are Elisheba, Fulgentius of Ruspe, Mary Jane Kelly, Nikolaj Velimirović, Saint Sabina, and Agostino Vallini. After her are Meletius of Antioch, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Benedict Joseph Labre, Jozef De Kesel, Julia Pastrana, and Eugenia of Rome.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ilon Wikland ranks 127. Before her are Rahmon Nabiyev, John Frankenheimer, Harvey Milk, Walter Bonatti, Vilma Espín, and Barbara. After her are Don L. Lind, Sonny Rollins, Stephen Smale, Akiyuki Nosaka, Lina Kostenko, and John Romita Sr..

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Ilon Wikland ranks 34 out of 351. Before her are Otto von Kotzebue (1787), George Hackenschmidt (1877), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Lydia Koidula (1843), Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), and Alexander Gorchakov (1798). After her are Neeme Järvi (1937), Michael Sittow (1459), Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819), Marie Under (1883), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), and Leonid Kulik (1883).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Estonia

Among religious figures born in Estonia, Ilon Wikland ranks 2. Before her are Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929).

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