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Thorbjörn Fälldin

1926 - 2016

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Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as the prime minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982, heading three non-consecutive cabinets. He was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his first appointment in 1976, he was the first non-Social Democrat Prime Minister for 40 years and the first since the 1930s not to have worked as a professional politician since his teens. He was also the last Prime Minister to not be from the Social Democrats or Moderate Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thorbjörn Fälldin is the 6,024th most popular politician (up from 7,245th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 279th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thorbjörn Fälldin ranks 6,024 out of 19,576. Before him are Péter Medgyessy, Rashad al-Alimi, Dragiša Cvetković, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Alparslan Türkeş, and Emperor Hanazono. After him are Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan, Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia, Richard Glücks, Petre Roman, Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, and Bolesław V the Chaste.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Thorbjörn Fälldin ranks 113. Before him are Shohei Imamura, John Berger, Joachim Fest, Poul Anderson, Roger Corman, and Karl Richter. After him are Patricia Neal, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Siegfried Lenz, Verner Panton, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Jimmy Savile. Among people deceased in 2016, Thorbjörn Fälldin ranks 99. Before him are Hanoi Hannah, Claude Gensac, Seymour Papert, Rick Parfitt, Lloyd Shapley, and Paul Elvstrøm. After him are Michael Massee, Franciszek Macharski, Gordie Howe, Thomas Luckmann, Andrei Karlov, and David Hamilton.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Thorbjörn Fälldin ranks 237 out of 1,879. Before him are Lena Olin (1955), Dead (1969), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (1767). After him are Olaus Petri (1493), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Johan Banér (1596), Árni Magnússon (1663), Ingemar Johansson (1932), and Carl Adolph Agardh (1785).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Thorbjörn Fälldin ranks 72. Before him are Inge the Younger (1100), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Göran Persson (1949), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Anna Lindh (1957), and Stenkil (1030). After him are Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Blot-Sweyn (1001), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), and Estrid of the Obotrites (979).

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