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Gunnar Ekelöf

Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (died 1968)

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Born
September 15, 1907
Died
March 16, 1968
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1907

About Gunnar Ekelöf

Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. He won a number of prizes for his poetry. Ekelöf is remembered as one of the first surrealist poets of Sweden.

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The world when Gunnar Ekelöf was born

Gunnar Ekelöf was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gunnar Ekelöf's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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