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Lennart Nilsson

Swedish photographer (1922–2017)
Person human Q568506

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
August 24, 1922, September 25, 1922[8]
Date of death
January 28, 2017
Place of birth
Strängnäs
Place of death
Stockholm
Country of citizenship
Sweden[10]
Occupation
photographer, writer, scientist
Employer
Karolinska Institutet[16]
Field of work
photography, photojournalism, scientific photography, macro photography, young adult literature[11][12][13][14][15]
Award received
Hasselblad Award, Prince Eugen Medal, The KTH Great Prize, Wikidata item[18][19][20][21]
Notable work
A Child Is Born[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Swedish[25]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Nilsson[23]
Given name
Lennart[24]
Name in native language
Lennart Nilsson[26]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project[27]
Place of burial
Norra begravningsplatsen[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lennart Nilsson ar لينارت نيلسون fa لنارت نیلسون he לנארט נילסון ja レナート・ニルソン ko 렌나르트 닐손 ru Леннарт Нилсон ru Леннарт Нилссон ru Леннарт Нильсон
🔖 Identifiers · 73
ISNI
0000000109314389
VIAF cluster ID
108498837
Library of Congress authority ID
n50081490
GND ID
121959244
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lennart Nilsson 2014.jpg ↗
AbART person ID
150882
Artist-info artist ID
80467
AskArt person ID
11293682
Awards & Winners artist ID
03v9c6
BIBSYS ID
99029588
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
NilssonLennart1922-2017
Benezit ID
B00130821
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11917726c
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
nilsson-lennart
CiNii Research ID
1140000791595811968
DBNL author ID
nils003
DDB person (GND) ID
121959244
Databazeknih.cz author ID
14795
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121959244
DigitaltMuseum ID
021036377445, 021036007902
Discogs artist ID
2238963
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Lennart-Nilsson
Europeana entity
agent/base/67704
FAST ID
19628
FotoCH photographer ID
28166
Fotografen.nl ID
275722
Freebase ID
/m/03v9c6
Geni.com profile ID
6000000055319030423
George Eastman Museum people ID
44813
Goodreads author ID
345532
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Lennart_Nilsson
IdRef ID
027048314
IxTheo authority ID
081647670
KBR person ID
14313508
KulturNav-ID
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LastDodo-area-ID
2617753
Lex ID
Lennart_Nilsson
Libris-URI
1zcfhrdk51jzvgm
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Lennart_Nilsson
Luminous-Lint ID
Lennart__Nilsson
MACM artist ID
nilsson-lennart
Medvik ID
js20030407010
Munzinger person ID
00000025796
Museo Galileo authority ID
188616
Museum-digital ID
271061
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00729638
NE.se ID
lennart-nilsson
NL CR AUT ID
js20030407010
NLA Trove people ID
935034
NUKAT ID
n96102758
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/6804126D-77AE-4ED0-A92A-0BA85B1742BD
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007279068105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199620256
National Library of Latvia ID
000006704
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810702267305606
National Virtual Library of India ID
408895
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07393173X
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
3757
Obálky knih ID
js20030407010
Omni topic ID
f84b96cd-469a-4cc0-9f85-13f97e41f1f8
Open Library ID
OL2677675A
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
20401
RKDartists ID
275722
Runeberg author ID
nilssles
SELIBR ID
222167
SHARE Catalogue author ID
142425
SVKKL authority ID
p0061654-Nilsson-Lennart-19222017
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
SMVK-EM/name/3612256
Union List of Artist Names ID
500342855
Wellcome Collection concept ID
tmypect3
WikiTree person ID
Nilsson-4080
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmphhxWqm4bHQVMrDHjYP
Yale LUX ID
person/4ff5a097-03dd-4a0a-8de6-6c7fcae8e149

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 5
photography, photojournalism, young adult literature, macro photography, scientific photography
Award received 3
Hasselblad Award, Prince Eugen Medal, The KTH Great Prize
Occupation 3
writer, scientist, photographer
Country of citizenship 1
Sweden
Employer 1
Karolinska Institutet
Family name 1
Nilsson
Given name 1
Lennart
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Swedish
Notable work 1
A Child Is Born
Place of birth 1
Strängnäs
Place of death 1
Stockholm
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
A Child Is Born
← Different from 1
Leonard Nelson
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Lennart Nilsson was born on August 24, 1922[1], in Strängnäs[2]. He died on January 28, 2017[3], in Stockholm[4]. He worked as a photographer[5], writer[6], and scientist[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include A Child Is Born[28], a written work[29].

FAQs

Where was Lennart Nilsson born?

Lennart Nilsson's place of birth was Strängnäs[2].

Where did Lennart Nilsson die?

Lennart Nilsson died in Stockholm[4].

What did Lennart Nilsson do for work?

Lennart Nilsson worked as a photographer[5], writer[6], and scientist[7].

What awards did Lennart Nilsson receive?

Honors received include Hasselblad Award[18], Prince Eugen Medal[19], The KTH Great Prize[20], and Q141181599[21].

Related Entities

Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden The KTH Great Prize young adult literature

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . svenskagravar.se. Retrieved . svenskagravar.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . hasselbladfoundation.org. Retrieved . hasselbladfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . iva.se. Retrieved . iva.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 20d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 11w ago · Uschoen · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FotoCH photographer ID → 28166
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  5. 17w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0061654-Nilsson-Lennart-19222017
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  7. 22w ago · Ajarmund · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID → Lennart_Nilsson
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID: Lennart_Nilsson, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/78750528|Lennart Nilsson (#78750528)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/27"
  8. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Employer → —
    Country of citizenship → Sweden
    Sex or gender → male
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:لینارٹ نیلسن]]"
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