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Sven Gustaf Wingqvist

1876 - 1953

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Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (10 December 1876 – 17 April 1953) was a Swedish engineer, inventor, and industrialist, and one of the founders of Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF), one of the world's leading ball bearing and roller bearing makers. Sven Wingqvist invented the multi-row self-aligning ball bearing in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sven Gustaf Wingqvist is the 343rd most popular inventor (down from 274th in 2019), the 816th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 541st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist ranks 343 out of 426. Before him are Heinrich Gerber, André Blondel, Henry Shrapnel, Edward Lawry Norton, David Dunbar Buick, and William Fothergill Cooke. After him are Ivan Polzunov, John Wilkinson, Joseph Timchenko, Prokop Diviš, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, and Henry M. Leland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist ranks 171. Before him are John Marshall, Pingali Venkayya, Clara Blandick, Mary Ritter Beard, Paul Montel, and Rosalia Zemlyachka. After him are G. M. Trevelyan, Ernest Henry Wilson, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Stepan Erzia, Ásgrímur Jónsson, and Sverre Hassel. Among people deceased in 1953, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist ranks 147. Before him are Bogdan Kobulov, Norman Ross, Kaarlo Koskelo, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, and Walter Wild. After him are Dimitri Arakishvili, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Oliver Campbell, Annie Kenney, and Emil Filla.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist ranks 816 out of 1,879. Before him are Sven Markelius (1889), Birgit Cullberg (1908), Gunnar Lindström (1896), Rosa Taikon (1926), Carl Hårleman (1886), and Quorthon (1966). After him are Ingemar Johansson (1924), Inger Berggren (1934), Birger Rosengren (1917), Tim Sköld (1966), Gösta Löfgren (1923), and Esbjörn Svensson (1964).

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Among INVENTORS In Sweden

Among inventors born in Sweden, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist ranks 7. Before him are Gideon Sundback (1880), John Ericsson (1803), Ernst Alexanderson (1878), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Nils Bohlin (1920), and Victor Hasselblad (1906). After him are Simone Giertz (1990).

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