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Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

1654 - 1728

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Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (23 May 1654 – 10 April 1728) was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator. The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which has had a lasting influence on Swedish architecture and history. Several of his works, including the gardens of Drottningholm Palace, are among the most architecturally significant in Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger is the 219th most popular architect (down from 201st in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 306th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ranks 219 out of 518. Before him are Alexey Shchusev, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Roberto Burle Marx, François Blondel, Pierre Jeanneret, and Ferdinand Fellner. After him are Friedrich von Schmidt, Josep Lluís Sert, Jean Prouvé, Imre Steindl, Hermogenes of Priene, and Nicholas Negroponte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1654, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ranks 11. Before him are Pedro Calungsod, Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Agostino Steffani, Constantin Brâncoveanu, and Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria. After him are Danylo Apostol, Vincent Lübeck, John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Jakob Abbadie, and Michiel de Swaen. Among people deceased in 1728, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ranks 9. Before him are Anne Marie d'Orléans, Christian Thomasius, Agostino Steffani, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, and Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Fyodor Apraksin, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ranks 336 out of 1,879. Before him are Thomas Ravelli (1959), Olof Swartz (1760), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), Pernilla August (1958), Lars Lagerbäck (1948), and Alf Sjöberg (1903). After him are Sigrid of Sweden (1566), Magnus Stenbock (1664), Gustav Cassel (1866), Jan Troell (1931), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), and Allan Edwall (1924).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Sweden

Among architects born in Sweden, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger ranks 2. Before him are Gunnar Asplund (1885). After him are William Chambers (1723), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (1716), Ragnar Östberg (1866), Sven Markelius (1889), and Ferdinand Boberg (1860).

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