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Greta Andersen

1927 - 2023

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Greta Marie Andersen (married names Jeppesen and Sonnichsen and Veress, 1 May 1927 – 6 February 2023) was a Danish swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Greta Andersen has received more than 56,306 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Greta Andersen is the 12th most popular swimmer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 418th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 48.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Greta Andersen ranks 12 out of 392. Before her are Duke Kahanamoku, Rie Mastenbroek, Roland Matthes, Don Schollander, Arne Borg, and Kornelia Ender. After her are Ann Curtis, István Bárány, John Arthur Jarvis, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Yasuji Miyazaki, and Alexander Popov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Greta Andersen ranks 237. Before her are Nikola Kljusev, Michael Constantine, Håkon Brusveen, Dezső Gyarmati, Piero Tosi, and Hans Bauer. After her are Janet Moreau, Shirley Fry, Luis Rijo, Éva Székely, Robert Mills, and Thomas S. Monson. Among people deceased in 2023, Greta Andersen ranks 210. Before her are Andre Braugher, Thomas Williams, Jerry Springer, Luboš Kohoutek, José María Gil-Robles, and Ruth Fuchs. After her are Josephine Chaplin, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Meir Shalev, Frances Sternhagen, The Iron Sheik, and Willis Reed.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Greta Andersen ranks 381 out of 893. Before her are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Thure Lindhardt (1974), Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), and Carl Theodor Zahle (1866). After her are Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Birthe Wilke (1936), Karen Harup (1924), Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), Lars Høgh (1959), and Theodor Philipsen (1840).

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Among SWIMMERS In Denmark

Among swimmers born in Denmark, Greta Andersen ranks 1. After her are Ragnhild Hveger (1920), Pernille Blume (1994), Lotte Friis (1988), Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1989), Mads Glæsner (1988), Mie Nielsen (1996), and Viktor Bromer (1993).

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