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Kim Larsen

1945 - 2018

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Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as a member of the rock group Gasolin. During his time with Gasolin (which lasted until 1978), Larsen also released solo albums and records with his leisure band, which went by several names. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Larsen has received more than 360,050 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Larsen is the 725th most popular singer (up from 774th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 336th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kim Larsen ranks 725 out of 4,381. Before him are Maria Carta, Christopher Cross, Júlia Várady, Tanita Tikaram, Angela Gheorghiu, and Sena Jurinac. After him are Alanis Morissette, Peter Steele, Idir, Ronnie Spector, Pierre Gaveaux, and Sheryl Crow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Kim Larsen ranks 241. Before him are Barry Bostwick, Golden State Killer, Polad Bülbüloğlu, John Perkins, Bob Peck, and Carlos Osoro Sierra. After him are Dusty Rhodes, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Bob Seger, Shulamith Firestone, Mimsy Farmer, and Herman van Veen. Among people deceased in 2018, Kim Larsen ranks 172. Before him are Avicii, Serge Dassault, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Lewis Gilbert, Nicolas Roeg, and Karl Lehmann. After him are Joseph Joffo, Serhiy Tkach, Kirin Kiki, Michael Halliday, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, and Vladimir Lyakhov.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Kim Larsen ranks 310 out of 1,032. Before him are Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916), Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890), Viggo Jensen (1874), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), and Jens Baggesen (1764). After him are Bjarne Riis (1964), Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), Bodil Ipsen (1889), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), and Poul Hartling (1914).

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Among SINGERS In Denmark

Among singers born in Denmark, Kim Larsen ranks 3. Before him are King Diamond (1956), and Grethe Ingmann (1938). After him are Birthe Wilke (1936), Gitte Hænning (1946), Gustav Winckler (1925), Lauritz Melchior (1890), Ulla Pia (1945), Raquel Rastenni (1915), Tommy Seebach (1949), Dario Campeotto (1939), and Katy Bødtger (1932).

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