SWIMMER

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 60,736 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Greta Andersen is the 15th most popular swimmer (down from 12th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 379th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Greta Andersen ranks 15 out of 709. Before her are Rie Mastenbroek, Jimmy McLane, Fernand Feyaerts, Roland Matthes, Aileen Riggin, and Henry Taylor. After her are George Kojac, Ken Walsh, Otto Wahle, Charles Daniels, Don Schollander, and Arvo Aaltonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Greta Andersen ranks 216. Before her are Pierre Granier-Deferre, L. Q. Jones, Josep Maria Subirachs, Adrián Escudero, Alma Adamkienė, and Micheline Bernardini. After her are Roger Carel, Yusuf Idris, Thorkild Hansen, Liane Augustin, Fathima Beevi, and John Cranko. Among people deceased in 2023, Greta Andersen ranks 309. Before her are Bobby Hull, Ernst Tugendhat, Kadriye Nurmambet, Arsenio Iglesias, Alma Adamkienė, and Gérard Collomb. After her are Danilo Astori, Harry Frankfurt, Bernie Marsden, Willis Reed, Fathima Beevi, and Murat Karayılan.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Greta Andersen ranks 355 out of 1,032. Before her are Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120), Henry Hansen (1902), Jakob Nielsen (1957), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706), and Bernhard Rogge (1899). After her are Thorkild Hansen (1927), Johnny Hansen (1943), Agner Krarup Erlang (1878), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929).

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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), Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Lotte Friis (1988), Rikke Møller Pedersen (1989), Mie Nielsen (1996), Mads Glæsner (1988), Helena Rosendahl Bach (2000), Emilie Beckmann (1997), and Alexander Nørgaard (2000).

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