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Victor Hasselblad

1906 - 1978

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Victor Hasselblad (8 March 1906 – 5 August 1978) was a Swedish inventor and photographer, known for inventing the Hasselblad 6x6 cm medium format camera. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Hasselblad is the 332nd most popular inventor (down from 319th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 708th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Victor Hasselblad ranks 332 out of 426. Before him are Georges Beuchat, William Justin Kroll, Peter Carl Goldmark, Jack Northrop, Hannibal Goodwin, and An Wang. After him are John Philip Holland, Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, Harry Brearley, Heinrich Gerber, and André Blondel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Victor Hasselblad ranks 300. Before him are Francisco Cepeda, Hans Haas, Ernest Libérati, Peter Carl Goldmark, Albrecht Becker, and Matvei Bronstein. After him are Augustin Chantrel, Pedro Bergés, Wolfgang Koeppen, Guglielmo Segato, Paolo Pedretti, and Ludwig Stubbendorf. Among people deceased in 1978, Victor Hasselblad ranks 186. Before him are Ralph Metcalfe, Alexander Belov, Carlos Torre Repetto, Philip Ahn, Ethelda Bleibtrey, and Giuseppe Impastato. After him are Baltasar Albéniz, Pedro Bergés, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Greta Johansson, Sverre Farstad, and Will Geer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Victor Hasselblad ranks 762 out of 1,879. Before him are Jörgen Persson (1966), Göran Tunström (1937), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Nils Rosén (1902), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), and Pia Cramling (1963). After him are Barbro Lindgren (1937), Astrid Cleve (1875), Bertha Valerius (1824), Sven Jacobsson (1914), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), and Bo Ekelund (1894).

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Among INVENTORS In Sweden

Among inventors born in Sweden, Victor Hasselblad ranks 6. Before him are Gideon Sundback (1880), John Ericsson (1803), Ernst Alexanderson (1878), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), and Nils Bohlin (1920). After him are Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (1876), and Simone Giertz (1990).

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