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Gjermund Eggen

1941 - 2019

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Gjermund Eggen (5 June 1941 – 6 May 2019) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who won three gold medals at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. The championships were held in Oslo in conjunction with the Holmenkollen ski festival, and so Eggen's medals also counted as Holmenkollen victories. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1968 (shared with King Olav V, Assar Rönnlund, and Bjørn Wirkola). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gjermund Eggen has received more than 25,949 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gjermund Eggen is the 490th most popular athlete, the 287th most popular biography from Norway and the 12th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Gjermund Eggen ranks 490 out of 3,059Before him are Galina Zybina, Ethel Catherwood, Bill Roberts, Erik Adlerz, Norbert Schemansky, and Don Thompson. After him are Márta Rudas, Jacques Noël, Rudolf Burkert, John Eke, Ed Ablowich, and Martti Marttelin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Gjermund Eggen ranks 377Before him are Vikki Carr, Lester Bowie, Yury Malyshev, Takayuki Kuwata, Peter Sarstedt, and João Ubaldo Ribeiro. After him are Dinko Dermendzhiev, Zalman King, Mario Trevi, Vadim Glowna, Wasim Sajjad, and Natalia Bessmertnova. Among people deceased in 2019, Gjermund Eggen ranks 313Before him are Cameron Boyce, Pedro Morales, Ron Leibman, Bernard Binlin Dadié, Larry Cohen, and Judith Krantz. After him are Dinko Dermendzhiev, Michael D. Coe, Ellen Schwiers, Fred Bongusto, Bernard Lietaer, and Ilaria Occhini.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gjermund Eggen ranks 287 out of 927Before him are John Arne Riise (1980), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Gunnar Sønsteby (1918), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Ståle Solbakken (1968), and Otto Sinding (1842). After him are Olav Aukrust (1883), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Sverre Stenersen (1926), Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Hundseid (1883), and Linn Ullmann (1966).

Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Gjermund Eggen ranks 12Before him are Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Pål Tyldum (1942), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Magnar Solberg (1937), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), and Berit Mørdre (1940). After him are Sverre Stenersen (1926), Grete Waitz (1953), Halvard Hanevold (1969), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Yngvar Bryn (1881), and Audun Boysen (1929).