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Olaus Petri

1493 - 1552

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Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge, and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. His brother, Laurentius Petri (Lars Persson), became the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olaus Petri is the 1,503rd most popular writer (up from 1,505th in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 236th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olaus Petri ranks 1,503 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn al-Khatib, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Gustav Landauer, Gampopa, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Mario Benedetti. After him are Régis Debray, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Lydia Koidula, Jean M. Auel, Gore Vidal, and William Heinesen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Olaus Petri ranks 8. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, Sten Sture the Younger, and Tansen. After him are Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, George I, Duke of Pomerania, Yamamoto Kansuke, and Yi Gwang-sik. Among people deceased in 1552, Olaus Petri ranks 9. Before him are Petrus Apianus, Guru Angad, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Basil Fool for Christ, Sebastian Münster, and Paolo Giovio. After him are Antonio de Mendoza, Andreas Osiander, Pierre Attaingnant, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Qiu Ying.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Olaus Petri ranks 238 out of 1,879. Before him are Dead (1969), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767), and Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926). After him are Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Johan Banér (1596), Árni Magnússon (1663), Ingemar Johansson (1932), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), and Per Olov Enquist (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Olaus Petri ranks 14. Before him are Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), Ellen Key (1849), and Maj Sjöwall (1935). After him are Per Olov Enquist (1934), Karin Boye (1900), Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), and Maria Gripe (1923).

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