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Axel Grönberg

1918 - 1988

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Rolf Axel "Acke" Ejnar Grönberg (9 May 1918 – 23 April 1988) was a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler, who won the Greco-Roman middleweight division at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Grönberg was raised in Norberg, but moved to Stockholm as a teenager. There he worked as a plumber and masseur, and started wrestling following his elder brothers Fritz and Harald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Axel Grönberg has received more than 10,400 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Grönberg is the 166th most popular wrestler (down from 111th in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 731st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Axel Grönberg ranks 166 out of 1,027. Before him are Angelo Parisi, Tevfik Kış, Rob Van Dam, Mr. Fuji, Nathan Jones, and King Kong Bundy. After him are Stefan Angelov, Walter, Gorilla Monsoon, Paul Bearer, Stephanie McMahon, and Hermanni Pihlajamäki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Axel Grönberg ranks 261. Before him are Mariano Mores, Peter Poreku Dery, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Madeleine L'Engle, Yelizaveta Chaikina, and Gunnel Vallquist. After him are Douglas Bennett, Donald Regan, Anne Gwynne, Jacques Baratier, Gersh Budker, and Mahmoud Namjoo. Among people deceased in 1988, Axel Grönberg ranks 220. Before him are Colin Higgins, Roy Kinnear, John Loder, Gerd Hornberger, Ella Raines, and Lin Carter. After him are Archie Cochrane, Rudolf Gramlich, André Saeys, Willi Apel, Judith Barsi, and Sten Suvio.

Others Born in 1918

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Axel Grönberg ranks 946 out of 1,879. Before him are Axel Janse (1888), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894), Gunnar Åkerlund (1923), Jonas Björkman (1972), and Gustaf Jansson (1922). After him are Wollmar Boström (1878), Hans Wetterström (1923), Bertil Roos (1943), Cecilia Malmström (1968), Erik Adlerz (1892), and Ruth Svedberg (1903).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Axel Grönberg ranks 12. Before him are Bertil Antonsson (1921), Claes Johanson (1884), Erik Malmberg (1897), Johan Richthoff (1898), Gustav Freij (1922), and Anders Larsson (1892). After him are Knut Fridell (1908), Frithiof Mårtensson (1884), Kurt Pettersén (1916), Pelle Svensson (1943), Lars-Erik Skiöld (1952), and Frank Andersson (1956).

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