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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 86,311 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Helmer Hanssen is the 199th most popular explorer (up from 216th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Norway (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 24

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Helmer Hanssen ranks 199 out of 405Before him are Nuno Tristão, Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, and John Rolfe. After him are Jedediah Smith, Mark Sykes, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, and Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Helmer Hanssen ranks 68Before him are Kitaro Nishida, Masabumi Hosono, Guillaume Lekeu, Géza Maróczy, Leonid Krasin, and Saki. After him are Emil Orlík, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, David Riazanov, Motobu Chōki, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, and Dadasaheb Phalke. Among people deceased in 1956, Helmer Hanssen ranks 75Before him are Clifford Brown, Samad Vurgun, Jimmie Angel, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Harold Bride. After him are Ernest King, Ludwig Klages, Julien Benda, Mikheil Gelovani, Hermann Abendroth, and Felix Bernstein.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 120 out of 927Before him are Ole Bull (1810), May-Britt Moser (1963), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Birger Ruud (1911). After him are Inge I of Norway (1135), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Frits Thaulow (1847), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Magnus Carlsen (1990), and Mari Boine (1956).

Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Helmer Hanssen ranks 11Before him are Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Naddodd (900), and Oscar Wisting (1871). After him are Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Helge Ingstad (1899), Jens Munk (1579), and Knut Haugland (1917).