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Helge Ingstad

1899 - 2001

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Helge Marcus Ingstad (30 December 1899 – 29 March 2001) was a Norwegian explorer. In 1960, after mapping some Norse settlements, Ingstad and his wife archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad found remnants of a Viking settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows in the province of Newfoundland in Canada. They were thus the first to prove conclusively that the Icelandic/Greenlandic Norsemen such as Leif Erickson had found a way across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, roughly 500 years before Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helge Ingstad has received more than 191,908 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Helge Ingstad is the 319th most popular explorer (down from 269th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Helge Ingstad ranks 319 out of 498. Before him are Francisco de Ulloa, Ivan Papanin, Pyotr Kozlov, Roy Chapman Andrews, Nathaniel Palmer, and Hermann Wissmann. After him are Dmitry Laptev, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Pedro Tafur, William Clark, Bento de Góis, and Martim Afonso de Sousa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Helge Ingstad ranks 167. Before him are Jeralean Talley, Aleksander Klumberg, Rudolf Svensson, Silvestre Revueltas, Bernhard Rogge, and Aleksandr Deyneka. After him are Anni Albers, Charles Best, Harold Osborn, Edward Chamberlin, Kamala Nehru, and Haddon Sundblom. Among people deceased in 2001, Helge Ingstad ranks 153. Before him are Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Berry Berenson, Paul Magloire, Stelios Kazantzidis, Salahuddin of Selangor, and Jaromil Jireš. After him are Don Bradman, Arie van Vliet, Malcom McLean, Robert Leckie, Enrique Mateos, and Ninette de Valois.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Helge Ingstad ranks 223 out of 1,039. Before him are Jørn Andersen (1963), Eva Joly (1943), Arne Brustad (1912), Harald Sæverud (1897), Roald Aas (1928), and Thoralf Skolem (1887). After him are Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Colin Archer (1832), Erling Skakke (1115), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), and Johan Turi (1854).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Helge Ingstad ranks 16. Before him are Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jens Munk (1579), Oscar Wisting (1871), and Helmer Hanssen (1870). After him are Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Grímur Kamban (801), Knut Haugland (1917), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Finn Ronne (1899), and Lars Christensen (1884).

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