ATHLETE

John Ljunggren

1919 - 2000

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John Arthur Ljunggren (9 September 1919 – 13 January 2000) was a Swedish race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometer event at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, ninth, third, second and 16th place, respectively. At the European Championships he won a gold medal in 1946, a silver medal in 1950, and finished fourth in 1954 and fifth in 1962.Ljunggren got used to long walks as a child, along with his brothers Verner and Gunnar, as they did not have bicycles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ljunggren has received more than 13,489 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ljunggren is the 244th most popular athlete (down from 148th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 427th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year John Ljunggren has had the most page views in the with 1,776 views, followed by English (1,580), and Chinese (612). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (168.46%), Macedonian (49.16%), and Serbian (44.80%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Ljunggren ranks 244 out of 6,025. Before him are Terry Fox, Asafa Powell, Giulio Gaudini, Dominik Hašek, Tatyana Kazankina, and Erik Lundqvist. After him are Frederick Lorz, Ben Adams, Robert Kerr, Peter Snell, Inessa Kravets, and Francis Lane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, John Ljunggren ranks 172. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Pál Losonczi, Tatyana Baramzina, Rocky Graziano, and Angelo Felici. After him are George Shearing, Hans Hass, Gayatri Devi, Arthur Cronquist, Gert Fredriksson, and François Bordes. Among people deceased in 2000, John Ljunggren ranks 151. Before him are Julie London, John Tukey, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Frédéric Dard, and George Segal. After him are Mohammad Ali Fardin, Gisèle Freund, Stephanos Christopoulos, Kenneth Nichols, Putra of Perlis, and Joey Dunlop.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, John Ljunggren ranks 506 out of 1,879. Before him are Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Viktor Rydberg (1828), Charles De Geer (1720), Tommy Körberg (1948), Kent Andersson (1942), and Erik Lundqvist (1908). After him are Knut Ångström (1857), Sigge Parling (1930), Eva Bonnier (1857), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Liza Marklund (1962), and Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, John Ljunggren ranks 10. Before him are Oscar Swahn (1847), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Nils von Kantzow (1885), Karl Staaf (1881), August Nilsson (1872), and Erik Lundqvist (1908). After him are Gert Fredriksson (1919), Henry Eriksson (1920), Arne Åhman (1925), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), and Hjalmar Andersson (1889).

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