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Lars Vilks

1946 - 2021

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Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. Many years earlier he had created the sculptures Nimis and Arx, made of driftwood and rock, respectively. The area where the sculptures are located was proclaimed by Vilks as an independent country, "Ladonia". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Vilks is the 68th most popular sculptor (down from 58th in 2024), the 262nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 230th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Lars Vilks ranks 68 out of 258. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, David d'Angers, Pietro Bernini, Isamu Noguchi, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, and Antonio Corradini. After him are Antenor, Francesco Laurana, Giorgio da Sebenico, Robert Smithson, François Girardon, and Properzia de' Rossi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Lars Vilks ranks 173. Before him are Alpha Oumar Konaré, Paul Schrader, Tony Levin, Alison Steadman, Héctor Yazalde, and Linda Ronstadt. After him are Patrick Head, Francisco Varela, Peter Green, Pēteris Vasks, Dave Holland, and Dan White. Among people deceased in 2021, Lars Vilks ranks 121. Before him are Djivan Gasparyan, Dušan Ivković, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Gottfried Böhm, Leopoldo Luque, and Michel Fourniret. After him are Dean Stockwell, Luis del Sol, Vicente Fernández, Helen McCrory, Mira Furlan, and Tarcisio Burgnich.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Vilks ranks 262 out of 1,879. Before him are Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Malin Åkerman (1978), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Ludvig Nobel (1831). After him are Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Torbern Bergman (1735), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), and Agne Simonsson (1935).

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Among SCULPTORS In Sweden

Among sculptors born in Sweden, Lars Vilks ranks 2. Before him are Claes Oldenburg (1929). After him are Carl Milles (1875), and Johan Tobias Sergel (1740).

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