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Hrothgar

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Hrothgar (Old English: Hrōðgār [ˈr̥oːðɡɑːr]; Old Norse: Hróarr) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD.Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics Beowulf and Widsith, in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles. In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the brother of Halga, and the uncle of Hrólfr Kraki. Moreover, in both traditions, the mentioned characters were the contemporaries of the Swedish king Eadgils; and both traditions also mention a feud with men named Fróði and Ingeld. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hrothgar has received more than 571,598 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hrothgar is the 14,235th most popular politician (down from 13,960th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hrothgars by language

Over the past year Hrothgar has had the most page views in the with 64,237 views, followed by Russian (6,687), and German (4,268). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (108.76%), Belarusian (92.83%), and Indonesian (39.96%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hrothgar ranks 14,235 out of 19,576. Before him are Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Hailemariam Desalegn, Lyudvig Chibirov, Uwe Barschel, and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel. After him are Artashumara, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Timothy Pickering, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, and Jakob Stämpfli.

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