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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Geir Ivarsøy

1957 - 2006

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Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the lead programmer at Opera Software. He and Jon von Tetzchner were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company (now known as Telenor) where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geir Ivarsøy has received more than 81,183 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Geir Ivarsøy is the 176th most popular computer scientist (down from 145th in 2019), the 515th most popular biography from Norway (down from 395th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Computer Scientist.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 176 out of 201Before him are E. Allen Emerson, Pat Hanrahan, Leslie Valiant, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Ian Murdock, and Jon Hall. After him are Kathleen Booth, Erich Gamma, Theo de Raadt, Phil Katz, Bassel Khartabil, and Douglas Crockford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 509Before him are Road Warrior Hawk, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Peter Houtman, John Wark, and Ralph Brown. After him are Tertius Zongo, Scott Hahn, Ali Divandari, Milton Cruz, Scott Adams, and Aleksandr Lazutkin. Among people deceased in 2006, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 343Before him are Adrienne Shelly, Nellie Connally, Lou Jones, Byron Nelson, Luki Botha, and Paul Hunter. After him are Ken Fletcher, Brian Labone, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Stanley Kunitz, John Spencer, and Naushad.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 515 out of 927Before him are Nils Gaup (1955), Samoth (1974), Frode Estil (1972), Heidi Løke (1982), Tore Pedersen (1969), and Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962). After him are Vibeke Skofterud (1980), Kjetil Jansrud (1985), Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (1964), Anders Lange (1904), Beate Eriksen (1960), and Kim Leine (1961).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Norway

Among computer scientists born in Norway, Geir Ivarsøy ranks 3Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931) and Kristen Nygaard (1926). After him are Jon Lech Johansen (1983).