Hans Rosling
Swedish physician and public speaker
Hans Rosling was a Swedish physician and professor of international health who used data to explore development issues. He co-wrote Factfulness.
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Swedish Born 1948 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly, Sweden Died 2017
About Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling (1948 to 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, and was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute. He co-founded the Gapminder Foundation and chaired it. The foundation developed the Trendalyzer software. Rosling gave presentations around the world, including several TED Talks, where he encouraged using data to explore development issues. Factfulness was published after his death. He wrote it with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund, and it became an international bestseller.