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Axel Norling

1884 - 1964

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Karl Axel Patrik Norling (16 April 1884 – 7 May 1964) was a Swedish gymnast, diver, and tug of war competitor who participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the tug of war in 1906, as well as two gold medals with the Swedish gymnastics team, in 1908 and 1912, alongside his younger brother Daniel.Norling was a member of Djurgårdens IF, which he represented in several sports. He played bandy with Djurgårdens IF Bandy and football with Djurgårdens IF Fotboll, both as a centre-half. For the football team, he played the 1904 and 1906 finals of Svenska Mästerskapet, both times losing to Örgryte IS. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Axel Norling has received more than 8,304 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Norling is the 600th most popular athlete (down from 519th in 2019), the 730th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Axel Norlings by language

Over the past year Axel Norling has had the most page views in the with 894 views, followed by Chinese (551), and Swedish (368). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (45.21%), Catalan (32.43%), and Russian (0.57%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Axel Norling ranks 600 out of 6,025. Before him are Naftali Temu, Leo Sexton, Verner Järvinen, George Baird, Kurt Behrens, and Jaan Kikkas. After him are Alan Helffrich, Arthur Barnard, Wyndham Halswelle, Eric Backman, Olivér Halassy, and Heikki Liimatainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Axel Norling ranks 182. Before him are Otto Froitzheim, Joseph Sweeney, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Harry Ferguson, Har Dayal, and Kurt Behrens. After him are Georges Pitoëff, Nikolai Klyuev, Samuel Berger, Olle Lanner, Lyda Borelli, and Albert Londres. Among people deceased in 1964, Axel Norling ranks 149. Before him are Theodore Freeman, Agnes Miegel, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Edith Sitwell, Patrick Ryan, and Albina Osipowich. After him are Werner Bergengruen, Luis Batlle Berres, Steponas Kairys, Paul A. Baran, Arpenik Nalbandyan, and Consuelo Vanderbilt.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Axel Norling ranks 730 out of 1,879. Before him are Christina Schollin (1937), Gustaf Dyrssen (1891), Thomas Nordahl (1946), Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854), Gösta Löfgren (1923), and Elisabeth Andreassen (1958). After him are Max Martin (1971), Jean Tabary (1930), Björn Andersson (1951), Barbro Lindgren (1937), Carl Bonde (1872), and Ulf Ekman (1950).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Axel Norling ranks 29. Before him are Gunder Hägg (1918), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Magdalena Forsberg (1967), Gunnar Sköld (1894), Martin Lundström (1918), and Hjalmar Johansson (1874). After him are Anders Gärderud (1946), Janne Lundblad (1887), Sven Thofelt (1904), Bo Lindman (1899), Carl Silfverstrand (1885), and Gunnar Lindström (1896).

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