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Bjarne Andersson

1940 - 2004

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Bjarne Lennart "Ödeshögarn" Andersson (28 April 1940 – 12 August 2004) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a 4 × 10 km relay silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics; he finished sixth in the individual 15 km race. Andersson did his military service in the cavalry in Umeå. He was a Swedish 15 km champion in 1968, and won six national skiing titles in the 3 × 10 km relay between 1966 and 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarne Andersson has received more than 9,609 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bjarne Andersson is the 1,819th most popular athlete, the 1,137th most popular biography from Sweden and the 117th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bjarne Andersson ranks 1,819 out of 6,025Before him are Svetlana Masterkova, Janet Simpson, Virginie Hériot, Merritt Giffin, Mildrette Netter, and Tatyana Talysheva. After him are Amadou Dia Ba, Francis Tyler, Walter Middelberg, Arto Bryggare, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, and Gavino Matta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bjarne Andersson ranks 543Before him are David Gates, Lyudmila Shishova, Jürgen Heinsch, Ugo Colombo, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, and Brian Bennett. After him are Johnny Giles, Stanislav Stepashkin, Elwyn Berlekamp, Graham McRae, Yelena Petushkova, and Rinnat Safin. Among people deceased in 2004, Bjarne Andersson ranks 302Before him are Ruslan Gelayev, Lyudmila Shishova, Custódio Pinto, Friedrich Waller, Bernice Rubens, and Charles Dumas. After him are Isabel Sanford, Eleanor Holm, Coxsone Dodd, Jerzy Klempel, Paul Klebnikov, and Steve Lacy.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bjarne Andersson ranks 1,137 out of 1,879Before him are Markus Rosenberg (1982), Jesper Blomqvist (1974), Tomas Gustafson (1959), Stig Sjölin (1928), Birger Sjöberg (1885), and Annalisa Ericson (1913). After him are Olle Nordin (1949), Joachim Björklund (1971), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Ronald Pettersson (1935), Gunnar Larsson (1944), and Lena Philipsson (1966).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Bjarne Andersson ranks 117Before him are Josef Ternström (1888), Gösta Runö (1896), Carl Abrahamsson (1896), Tore Eriksson (1937), Karl Malmström (1875), and Stig Sjölin (1928). After him are Gunnar Larsson (1944), Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948), Henry Jonsson (1912), Hugo Wieslander (1889), Carolina Klüft (1983), and Janne Stefansson (1935).