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Carl von Essen

1940 - 2021

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Carl von Essen (18 October 1940 – 11 November 2021) was a Swedish fencer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. Von Essen represented Föreningen för Fäktkonstens Främjande and Djurgårdens IF. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl von Essen has received more than 11,446 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl von Essen is the 1,420th most popular athlete, the 1,052nd most popular biography from Sweden and the 101st most popular Swedish Athlete.

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  • 44.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carl von Essen ranks 1,420 out of 6,025. Before him are Pál Simon, Dallas Long, Galina Gorokhova, Jan Peka, Carl Forssell, and Hermanus Brockmann. After him are Ayla Erduran, Nadezhda Olizarenko, Hans Liesche, Michel Scheuer, Matthias Steiner, and Alfred Neveu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Carl von Essen ranks 501. Before him are Yvonne Blake, Nicolae Martinescu, Aristides Royo, Georges Carnus, George Adams, and Dallas Long. After him are Brigitte Kronauer, Lance Larson, Gary Kurtz, Bob Knight, Jutta Heine, and Jeroen Brouwers. Among people deceased in 2021, Carl von Essen ranks 529. Before him are Barry Harris, Lisa Banes, Bonfoh Abass, Wahiduddin Khan, Roy A. Tucker, and Leslie Bricusse. After him are Gabriel Núñez, Bipin Rawat, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Shawn Rhoden, Vladimir Kiselyov, and Virgil Abloh.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl von Essen ranks 1,052 out of 1,879. Before him are Gösta Sandberg (1932), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), Helge Liljebjörn (1904), Bengt Edlén (1906), Mats Magnusson (1963), and Carl Forssell (1917). After him are Mats Näslund (1959), Sture Allén (1928), Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), Gustaf Lindblom (1891), Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), and Peter Forsberg (1973).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Carl von Essen ranks 101. Before him are Erik Elmsäter (1919), Arvid Spångberg (1890), Herbert Lindström (1886), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), and Carl Forssell (1917). After him are Erik Algot Fredriksson (1885), Gustaf Lindblom (1891), Birger Cederin (1895), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Ragnar Lundberg (1924), and Bo Ekelund (1894).

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