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Henry Eriksson

1920 - 2000

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Knut Henry "Krylbo" Eriksson (23 January 1920 – 8 January 2000) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships. On 15 July 1947, at the national championships at Malmö, Eriksson and Strand had a very close 1500 m race. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Eriksson has received more than 18,402 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Eriksson is the 300th most popular athlete (up from 337th in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 589th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Henry Eriksson ranks 300 out of 6,025. Before him are Blanka Vlašić, Zoltán Horváth, Alexander Ragulin, Hicham El Guerrouj, Alice Coachman, and Władysław Kozakiewicz. After him are Mildred McDaniel, Mihaela Peneș, Lauri Virtanen, Rafer Johnson, Helen Stephens, and Virgilijus Alekna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Henry Eriksson ranks 230. Before him are Eric Sturgess, Robert Leckie, Nikolai Grinko, Hilmar Baunsgaard, Putra of Perlis, and Gerda Lerner. After him are Silvestre Igoa, Natalya Kovshova, Hans Ørberg, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Andrew V. McLaglen, and John Lewis. Among people deceased in 2000, Henry Eriksson ranks 158. Before him are Mohammad Ali Fardin, Gisèle Freund, Stephanos Christopoulos, Kenneth Nichols, Putra of Perlis, and Joey Dunlop. After him are Ernst Jandl, Jim Varney, Anatoli Firsov, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Franco Donatoni, and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Henry Eriksson ranks 535 out of 1,879. Before him are Ylva Johansson (1964), Ernst Josephson (1851), Lennart Bergelin (1925), Hans Alfredson (1931), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), and Carl Fredrik Hill (1849). After him are Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Jenny Nyström (1854), Sune Andersson (1921), Anna Sundström (1785), Sonja Edström (1930), and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (1876).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Henry Eriksson ranks 12. Before him are Nils von Kantzow (1885), Karl Staaf (1881), August Nilsson (1872), Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), and Gert Fredriksson (1919). After him are Arne Åhman (1925), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), Hans Berglund (1918), and Patrik Sjöberg (1965).

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