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Bernt Evensen

1905 - 1979

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Bernt Sverre Evensen (18 April 1905 – 24 August 1979) was a Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclist who competed in skating at the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics. In 1928 he became the first Norwegian skater to win an Olympic gold medal by winning the 500 m event (first place shared with Clas Thunberg). At the same Olympics, he also won silver in the 1500 m and bronze over 5,000 m. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernt Evensen has received more than 19,315 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bernt Evensen is the 46th most popular skater (up from 102nd in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 379th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Skater.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Bernt Evensen ranks 46 out of 483. Before him are Andrée Brunet, Emília Rotter, Otto Kaiser, Jeannette Altwegg, Åke Seyffarth, and Madge Syers. After him are Pierre Brunet, Knut Johannesen, Trixi Schuba, Lily Kronberger, Ede Király, and Charles Jewtraw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Bernt Evensen ranks 246. Before him are Kunio Maekawa, Albrecht Unsöld, Walther Müller, Gilbert Roland, Baltasar Albéniz, and Mikio Oda. After him are Hadiya Davletshina, Franchot Tone, Juan Hilario Marrero, Hendrik Wade Bode, Georges Grignard, and Stanisław Mazur. Among people deceased in 1979, Bernt Evensen ranks 183. Before him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Paul Paray, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, István Bibó, Walther Müller, and Pyotr Gavrilov. After him are Jan de Klerk, Corinne Griffith, Sigrid Fick, Gérard Blitz, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, and Michael Wilding.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Bernt Evensen ranks 282 out of 1,039. Before him are Erlend Loe (1969), Arne Bendiksen (1926), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), and Simon Slåttvik (1917). After him are Per Borten (1913), Olav Aukrust (1883), Trine Hattestad (1966), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Knut Johannesen (1933).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Bernt Evensen ranks 7. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Fred Anton Maier (1938), and Roald Aas (1928). After him are Knut Johannesen (1933), Finn Helgesen (1919), Odd Lundberg (1917), Johann Olav Koss (1968), Alexia Bryn (1889), and Sten Stensen (1947).

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