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Jens Munk

1579 - 1628

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Jens Munk (3 June 1579 – June 1628) was a Danish-Norwegian navigator and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Munk has received more than 86,651 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Munk is the 286th most popular explorer (down from 198th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jens Munk ranks 286 out of 405. Before him are Wilfred Thesiger, Yuri Lisyansky, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Edward S. Curtis, and Francisco Moreno. After him are Grigory Potanin, Lourenço Marques, Peter Freuchen, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Alexander Gordon Laing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Jens Munk ranks 11. Before him are Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John Fletcher, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Juan Pablo Bonet. After him are Johannes Meursius, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Chimalpahin, and John Ogilvie. Among people deceased in 1628, Jens Munk ranks 10. Before him are Palma il Giovane, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Magdalene of Bavaria, Rudolph Goclenius, Francesc Ribalta, and John Bull. After him is Nicolas Trigault.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 182 out of 927. Before him are Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Edvard Moser (1962), Anathon Aall (1867), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Sigurd Hoel (1890), and Otto Ruge (1882). After him are Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Einar Gerhardsen (1897), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Oda Krohg (1860), and Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Jens Munk ranks 16. Before him are Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), and Helge Ingstad (1899). After him are Knut Haugland (1917), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Sverre Hassel (1876), Kristian Prestrud (1881), Grímur Kamban (801), and Olav Bjaaland (1873).

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