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Ernst Larsen

1926 - 2015

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Ernst Willy Larsen (18 July 1926 – 2 December 2015) was a Norwegian athlete, who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He represented Ranheim IL. Larsen won the bronze medal in this event at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia as well as the 1954 European Championships in Athletics. His personal best time was 8:42.4 minutes, achieved in Trondheim on 5 September 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Larsen has received more than 14,933 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Larsen is the 1,296th most popular athlete (down from 967th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Norway (down from 394th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ernst Larsens by language

Over the past year Ernst Larsen has had the most page views in the with 1,086 views, followed by Norwegian (Nynorsk) (454), and Finnish (426). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (51.06%), Arabic (44.10%), and Catalan (32.98%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ernst Larsen ranks 1,296 out of 6,025. Before him are Lyudmila Pinayeva, Carla Bodendorf, Otto Nilsson, Pietro Speciale, Anvar Ibragimov, and Cathy Freeman. After him are Ingemar Johansson, Károly Wieland, John Hansen, Boris Melnikov, Velimir Valenta, and Georges Johin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ernst Larsen ranks 434. Before him are Robert Bly, Loris Campana, Georges Gandil, Richard DeVos, Jesús Loroño, and Nel van Vliet. After him are Verne Gagne, Walter Lassally, Adriano Directo Emperado, Misael Escuti, Otto Hemele, and Göta Pettersson. Among people deceased in 2015, Ernst Larsen ranks 388. Before him are Richard Dysart, Loris Campana, Osamu Hayaishi, Andraé Crouch, Karin Söder, and Andriy Kuzmenko. After him are Verne Gagne, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Kendall, Alberto Cardaccio, Nina Otkalenko, and Boris Shilkov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ernst Larsen ranks 431 out of 1,039. Before him are Halvard Hanevold (1969), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), Michael Sars (1805), Bent Hamer (1956), Greta Nissen (1906), and Tora Berger (1981). After him are Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Lasse Kjus (1971), Ole Østmo (1866), Sigurd Moen (1897), Henry Johansen (1904), and Sverre Farstad (1920).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Ernst Larsen ranks 41. Before him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883), Yngvar Bryn (1881), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Liv Grete Skjelbreid (1974), Arne Halse (1887), and Halvard Hanevold (1969). After him are Ole Østmo (1866), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Eirik Kvalfoss (1959), Bjørn Paulson (1923), Emil Hegle Svendsen (1985), and Brit Pettersen (1961).

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