POLITICIAN

Kalevi Sorsa

1930 - 2004

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Taisto Kalevi Sorsa (21 December 1930 – 16 January 2004) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland three times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979 and 1982–1987. At the time of his death he still held the record for most days of incumbency as Finnish prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kalevi Sorsa has received more than 81,010 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Kalevi Sorsa is the 11,442nd most popular politician (down from 10,891st in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 130th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Finnish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kalevi Sorsa ranks 11,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Petrobey Mavromichalis, Boris Kalamanos, Delfim Moreira, Harry Hopkins, Balista, and Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad. After him are Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prince William of Baden, Burgred of Mercia, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, José Joaquín de Herrera, and Stephen Lekapenos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kalevi Sorsa ranks 269. Before him are Thomas Sowell, Frank Carlucci, June Almeida, Jesús Garay, Anne Francis, and Lois Smith. After him are John Astin, Nino Cerruti, Guy Béart, Vilmos Zsigmond, Egon Klepsch, and Paul Mazursky. Among people deceased in 2004, Kalevi Sorsa ranks 142. Before him are José Giovanni, Cem Karaca, Hubert Selby Jr., Juan Zambudio Velasco, Piero Piccioni, and Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. After him are Carmen Laforet, Christer Pettersson, Rogelio Domínguez, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Ivan Hlinka, and Ryszard Kukliński.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kalevi Sorsa ranks 143 out of 751. Before him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), Hugo Österman (1892), Juha Sipilä (1961), Antti Hyvärinen (1932), and Magnus Enckell (1870). After him are Ville Valo (1976), Robert Kajanus (1856), Martin Wegelius (1846), Lill Lindfors (1940), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), and Jorma Panula (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Kalevi Sorsa ranks 36. Before him are Mauno Pekkala (1890), Antti Rinne (1962), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (1955), Juho Vennola (1872), Klaus Fleming (1535), and Juha Sipilä (1961). After him are Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Esko Aho (1954), Martti Miettunen (1907), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), and Johan Ehrnrooth (1833).

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