HOCKEY PLAYER

Kent Nilsson

1956 - Today

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Kent Åke Nilsson (born 31 August 1956) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Winnipeg Jets, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta and Calgary Flames, Minnesota North Stars and Edmonton Oilers, as well as teams across various European leagues. A prolific scorer during his era, Nillson was called "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kent Nilsson has received more than 169,772 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kent Nilsson is the 69th most popular hockey player, the 1,157th most popular biography from Sweden and the 7th most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Kent Nilsson ranks 69 out of 676. Before him are Mark Messier, Alexander Mogilny, Bernie Geoffrion, Justin McCarthy, Tomas Jonsson, and Ronald Pettersson. After him are Art Langley, Viktor Zinger, Hugo Budinger, Konstantin Loktev, Viktor Shuvalov, and Yuri Krylov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Kent Nilsson ranks 519. Before him are Péter Besenyei, Cristina Comencini, Susanne Blakeslee, Marianne Thyssen, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Shigemitsu Sudo. After him are Yodrak Salakjai, Darío Pereyra, Jasna Kolar-Merdan, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Habiba Sarābi, and Irene Khan.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kent Nilsson ranks 1,157 out of 1,879. Before him are Pernilla Wahlgren (1967), Yngve Brodd (1930), Lotta Engberg (1963), Jonas Eriksson (1974), Knut Torell (1885), and Stig Claesson (1928). After him are Bo Ralph (1945), Ivar Otto Bendixson (1861), Mikael Niemi (1959), Henry Jonsson (1912), Bosson (1969), and Hugo Wieslander (1889).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Kent Nilsson ranks 7. Before him are Mats Näslund (1959), Peter Forsberg (1973), Nils Nilsson (1936), Håkan Loob (1960), Tomas Jonsson (1960), and Ronald Pettersson (1935). After him are Nicklas Lidström (1970), Mats Sundin (1971), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Lars-Eric Lundvall (1934), Tommy Salo (1971), and Jonas Bergqvist (1962).

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