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Didrik Petri

Finnish-Swedish composer and royal secretary
Person Human Q1661043

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
1560
Date of death
1617
Place of birth
Porvoo
Place of death
Kraków
Country of citizenship
Sweden[7]
Occupation
composer, Royal Secretary
Educated at
University of Rostock[8]
Notable work
Piae Cantiones[9]
Genre
poetry[11]
Work location
Västerbotten[15]
Student of
Johannes Caselius[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Swedish, Finnish, Latin[17][18][19]
Family name
Petri[12]
Given name
Didrik[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Christian Hymns[21]
Significant event
banishment[14]
Significant person
Jacobus Petri Finno[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Didrik Persson Petri en Didrik Petri en Theodoricus Petri Ruuth da Theodoricus Petri Rutha de Theodoricus Petri Ruutha sv Theodoricus Petri Nylandensis
🔖 Identifiers · 36
ISNI
000000043536092X
VIAF cluster ID
32420402
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2007059625
GND ID
1052447791
BIBSYS ID
3040781
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16752297g
Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland ID
3847
Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland ID (urn.fi)
4870-1416928957476
BiographySampo person ID
p1058
CANTIC ID
981058521319806706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01108397, cnp02153414, cnp02104398, cni00083944
CiNii Research ID
1140563741711879296
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1052447791
Discogs artist ID
3771714
FactGrid item ID
Christopher Schindler
Geni profile ID
6000000002588976151
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/120m0rv3
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
10370
Hymnary author ID
Petri_T
KANTO ID
000057404
Kansallisbiografia ID
3847
Libris-URI
qn247z0848652fn
MuseScore artist ID
33285
Musicalics composer ID
95158
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA14542191
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/422FE990-4396-482F-9758-010CB8B53986
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
114161461
RERO ID (legacy)
A009458712
RISM ID
people/30014479
Runeberg author ID
ruthathe
SELIBR ID
262568, 83499
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
354510
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058521319806706
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/242282
WikiTree person ID
Ruuth_i_Finland-1
Yale LUX ID
person/c0469210-7b68-445c-bd34-63dc172d7a24

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Summary

Didrik Petri was born in 1560[1] in Porvoo[2]. He died in 1617[3] in Kraków[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and Royal Secretary[6].

FAQs

Where was Didrik Petri born?

Didrik Petri's place of birth was Porvoo[2].

Where did Didrik Petri die?

Didrik Petri passed away in Kraków[4].

What did Didrik Petri do for work?

Didrik Petri worked as a composer[5] and Royal Secretary[6].

Where did Didrik Petri go to school?

Didrik Petri was educated at University of Rostock[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . BiographySampo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. urn.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . hymnary.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ISNI → 000000043536092X
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63891: ISNI fix"
  2. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → composer, Royal Secretary
    ISNI → 000000043536092X
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63746: replace redirected ISNI with target"
  3. 4w ago · ~2026-50781-47 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Swedish, Finnish, Latin
    "Created claim: Languages spoken, written or signed: Latin"
  4. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Porvoo
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57880: Import more precise places of birth, date from dewiki"
  5. 19w ago · Robertsilen · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → banishment
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38313: historisk händelse P793, baserat på blf.fi, LLM tolkat och verifierat, batch #2"
  6. 20w ago · Robertsilen · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → poetry
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37880: P136 genre, blf.fi, llm suggested, llm confirmed"
  7. 20w ago · Robertsilen · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person → Jacobus Petri Finno
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37448: viktig person P3342 med roll P3831; tolkat ur artiklar vid blf.fi; släktskap/lärare exkluderade; batch #"
  8. 21w ago · Robertsilen · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Student of → Johannes Caselius
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36394"
  9. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Finnish-Swedish composer and royal secretary
    Hymnary author ID → Petri_T
    Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland ID → 3847
    Library of Congress Authorities ID → n2007059625
    + 48 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30846: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (4)"
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