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August Nilsson

1872 - 1921

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August Nilsson (October 15, 1872 in Trollenäs – May 23, 1921 in Stockholm) was a Swedish track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Nilsson has received more than 12,286 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). August Nilsson is the 241st most popular athlete (down from 185th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 455th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, August Nilsson ranks 241 out of 6,025. Before him are Natalya Lisovskaya, Janusz Kusociński, Michael Johnson, Éva Székely, Gottfried Diener, and Karl Staaf. After him are Ethel Smith, BIA, Romuald Klim, Joanni Perronet, Evelyn Furtsch, and Angelina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, August Nilsson ranks 97. Before him are Déodat de Séverac, William Larned, Mikhail Kuzmin, Camille Guérin, Paul Reinecke, and Franz John. After him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Hafez Ibrahim, Gustave Sandras, Georgios Tsitas, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, and Tōson Shimazaki. Among people deceased in 1921, August Nilsson ranks 81. Before him are Alfred Grandidier, Franz Defregger, Gabriela Zapolska, Déodat de Séverac, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, and Andrea Carlo Ferrari. After him are Max Noether, François Hennebique, Colin Archer, José Miguel Gómez, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, and Yosef Haim Brenner.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, August Nilsson ranks 487 out of 1,879. Before him are Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Arvid Posse (1820), Sven Wollter (1934), Karl Staaf (1881), and Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542). After him are Agneta Andersson (1961), Jan Olsson (1944), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Lena Endre (1955), and Ruben Östlund (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, August Nilsson ranks 8. Before him are Eric Lemming (1880), Klas Lestander (1931), Oscar Swahn (1847), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Nils von Kantzow (1885), and Karl Staaf (1881). After him are Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), Gert Fredriksson (1919), Henry Eriksson (1920), Arne Åhman (1925), and Tore Sjöstrand (1921).

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