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Katarina Taikon

1932 - 1995

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Katarina Taikon-Langhammer (29 July 1932 – 30 December 1995) was a Swedish Romani activist, leader in the civil rights movement, writer and actor, from the Kalderash sub group. She was the sister of Rosa Taikon. She has been called the Martin Luther King of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katarina Taikon is the 341st most popular social activist (up from 375th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 497th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Katarina Taikon ranks 341 out of 840. Before her are Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Russell Means, Mirzo Tursunzoda, Karl Ludwig Sand, Pavel Pestel, and Joseph von Sonnenfels. After her are Hanan Ashrawi, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Venetia Burney, Josephine Butler, Lampião, and Sylvia Pankhurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Katarina Taikon ranks 210. Before her are Mancur Olson, Igor Kirillov, Helmut Griem, Stefanie Zweig, Bernhard Vogel, and Blagoje Adžić. After her are Rudolph Rummel, Henri Namphy, Christiane Kubrick, Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Henri Nouwen, and Oreco. Among people deceased in 1995, Katarina Taikon ranks 129. Before her are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Madge Sinclair, Werner Liebrich, Khalid Bakdash, Abdul Ali Mazari, and Erik Nilsson. After her are Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Michael V. Gazzo, Karel Píč, Max Wünsche, Alexander Kaidanovsky, and Ljubiša Broćić.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Katarina Taikon ranks 450 out of 1,879. Before her are Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Martin van Meytens (1695), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Jenny Nyström (1854), Erik Nilsson (1916), and Per Oscarsson (1927). After her are Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Gösta Ekman (1890), Gösta Pettersson (1940), Marika Green (1943), and Pehr Kalm (1716).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Sweden

Among social activists born in Sweden, Katarina Taikon ranks 7. Before her are Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Axel Munthe (1857), Joe Hill (1879), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), and Greta Thunberg (2003). After her are Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Ivan Betskoy (1704), and Isabelle Axelsson (2001).

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