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Helmer Hanssen

1870 - 1956

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Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmer Hanssen has received more than 92,351 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Helmer Hanssen is the 308th most popular explorer (down from 198th in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Norway (down from 120th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 92k

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  • 51.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Helmer Hanssen ranks 308 out of 498. Before him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, Meriwether Lewis, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Edward S. Curtis. After him are Francis Younghusband, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Chris McCandless, Francisco de Ulloa, and Ivan Papanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Helmer Hanssen ranks 103. Before him are Magnus Enckell, Oskar Vogt, Evgeny Paton, John Paine, Conrad Böcker, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf. After him are Safvet-beg Bašagić, Amado Nervo, Sascha Schneider, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Henri Jaspar, and Lars Sonck. Among people deceased in 1956, Helmer Hanssen ranks 116. Before him are Vladimir Filatov, Corrado Alvaro, Tommy Dorsey, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Ágnes Esterházy, and Elmer Drew Merrill. After him are Jehanne D'Alcy, Henri Callot, Johannes Jørgensen, Lewis Terman, Navvab Safavi, and Austin Osman Spare.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 213 out of 1,039. Before him are Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), John Norum (1964), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), and Haakon the Young (1232). After him are Peter Tordenskjold (1690), Hulda Garborg (1862), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Jørn Andersen (1963), Eva Joly (1943), and Arne Brustad (1912).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 15. Before him are Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jens Munk (1579), and Oscar Wisting (1871). After him are Helge Ingstad (1899), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Grímur Kamban (801), Knut Haugland (1917), Olav Bjaaland (1873), and Finn Ronne (1899).

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