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Erik Elmsäter

1919 - 2006

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Fritz Erik Elmsäter (7 October 1919 – 9 March 2006) was the first Swedish athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. In 1948 he won a silver medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race, and finished 19th in the 18 km cross-country skiing and 9th in the Nordic combined event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Elmsäter has received more than 9,787 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Elmsäter is the 1,372nd most popular athlete (down from 1,041st in 2019), the 1,033rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 905th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Swedish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Erik Elmsäters by language

Over the past year Erik Elmsäter has had the most page views in the with 1,004 views, followed by Swedish (733), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (386). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (40.36%), Finnish (39.06%), and Catalan (24.81%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erik Elmsäter ranks 1,372 out of 6,025. Before him are Václav Havel, Kazimierz Zimny, Betty Taylor, Maurice Huet, John Brinck, and Boris Stenin. After him are Rolf Danneberg, Heinrich Peters, Albert Corey, Efren Reyes, Godfrey Brown, and John McNally.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Erik Elmsäter ranks 305. Before him are Alan Cottrell, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Slim Pickens, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and Naim Talu. After him are Tim Holt, Mary Midgley, Lawrence Stone, Ernie Kovacs, André Guelfi, and John Houbolt. Among people deceased in 2006, Erik Elmsäter ranks 324. Before him are Louise Bennett-Coverley, Te Atairangikaahu, Ion Drîmbă, Lamar Hunt, Moira Shearer, and Hanka Bielicka. After him are Doug Serrurier, Östen Warnerbring, Gösta Sandberg, Bertha Brouwer, Óscar González, and Claude Esteban.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Elmsäter ranks 1,033 out of 1,879. Before him are Malik Bendjelloul (1977), Harald Julin (1890), Anita Skorgan (1958), Arvid Knöppel (1867), Linn Berggren (1970), and Gustaf Weidel (1890). After him are Folke Rogard (1899), Holger Hansson (1927), Hans Mild (1934), Östen Warnerbring (1934), Jakob Cedergren (1973), and Arvid Spångberg (1890).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Erik Elmsäter ranks 95. Before him are Lennart Klingström (1916), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Harald Julin (1890), Arvid Knöppel (1867), and Gustaf Weidel (1890). After him are Arvid Spångberg (1890), Herbert Lindström (1886), Lennart Magnusson (1924), Kajsa Bergqvist (1976), Carl Forssell (1917), and Carl von Essen (1940).

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