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Otto Nordenskjöld

1869 - 1928

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Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Nordenskjöld is the 39th most popular geographer (up from 40th in 2019), the 300th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 314th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Otto Nordenskjöld ranks 39 out of 86Before him are Willem Blaeu, Nicolas Sanson, Jovan Cvijić, Jodocus Hondius, Vincenzo Coronelli, and Artemidorus Ephesius. After him are Conrad Malte-Brun, Marie Tharp, Marinus of Tyre, Erich von Drygalski, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, and Alfred Hettner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Otto Nordenskjöld ranks 68Before him are Michael von Faulhaber, Zinaida Gippius, Gerrit Smith Miller, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Hans Poelzig, and Washington Luís. After him are Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Valdemar Poulsen, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Algernon Blackwood, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Paul Émile Chabas. Among people deceased in 1928, Otto Nordenskjöld ranks 42Before him are Hideyo Noguchi, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Pavel Axelrod, Lala Lajpat Rai, José Sánchez del Río, and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud. After him are Léon Duguit, Hermann Sudermann, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Roman Steinberg, Eglantyne Jebb, and Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Otto Nordenskjöld ranks 300 out of 1,879Before him are Joey Tempest (1963), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), Erik Acharius (1757), Johann Patkul (1660), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), and Elizabeth Stride (1843). After him are Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Lars Hörmander (1931), Anette Olzon (1971), Gillis Grafström (1893), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), and Maria Gripe (1923).

Among GEOGRAPHERS In Sweden

Among geographers born in Sweden, Otto Nordenskjöld ranks 1After him are Torsten Hägerstrand (1916).