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Gunnar Eriksson

1921 - 1982

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Krång Erik Gunnar Eriksson (13 September 1921 – 8 July 1982) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won two medals at the 1948 Winter Olympics, a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the individual 18 km. Eriksson won the 50 km event at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, but finished 12th at the 1952 Olympics and 21st at the 1954 World Championships.Eriksson had five brothers and three sisters. Their father died aged 42, and the children had to start working in their teens at the local knife factory; in 1946 they started their own hardware business. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Eriksson has received more than 17,245 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Eriksson is the 33rd most popular skier (up from 40th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 569th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Skier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gunnar Erikssons by language

Over the past year Gunnar Eriksson has had the most page views in the with 1,790 views, followed by Russian (1,256), and German (795). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (98.37%), Arabic (65.20%), and Persian (50.83%)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 33 out of 817. Before him are Andreas Wenzel, Juha Mieto, Yukio Kasaya, Hanni Wenzel, Rosi Mittermaier, and Karl Schranz. After him are Sonja Edström, Kjetil André Aamodt, Christl Cranz, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Anderl Molterer, and Alevtina Kolchina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 224. Before him are Brian Keith, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Jean Robic, Kathleen Antonelli, Kazimierz Górski, and Gaston Rébuffat. After him are Sune Andersson, Imre Kovács, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Inge Borkh, Bengt Danielsson, and Jean Richard. Among people deceased in 1982, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 146. Before him are Douglas Bader, Konrad Wolf, Karol Borsuk, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Juhan Aavik, and Gábor Szabó. After him are Paolo Monti, Federico Moreno Torroba, Lauri Virtanen, Karl Hein, Irmgard Keun, and Renzo Rossellini.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 533 out of 1,879. Before him are Sigrid Hjertén (1885), Gideon Ståhlberg (1908), Ylva Johansson (1964), Ernst Josephson (1851), Lennart Bergelin (1925), and Hans Alfredson (1931). After him are Carl Fredrik Hill (1849), Henry Eriksson (1920), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Jenny Nyström (1854), Sune Andersson (1921), and Anna Sundström (1785).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Gunnar Eriksson ranks 3. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), and Sixten Jernberg (1929). After him are Sonja Edström (1930), Nils Karlsson (1917), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Elis Wiklund (1909), Jan Boklöv (1966), Anja Pärson (1981), Nils Östensson (1918), and Assar Rönnlund (1935).

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