1895 - 1962
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirsten Flagstad has received more than 243,842 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kirsten Flagstad is the 396th most popular singer (down from 273rd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Norway (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Singer.
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Among singers, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 396 out of 3,528. Before her are Lisa Marie Presley, Pinetop Perkins, Carl Perkins, Mory Kanté, Neda Ukraden, and Ahmet Kaya. After her are Lepa Brena, Zeynab Khanlarova, Rosé, Percy Sledge, Natalia Oreiro, and Alexis Korner.
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 390
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 391
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 392
1950 - 2020
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 393
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 394
1957 - 2000
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 395
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 396
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 397
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 398
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 399
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 400
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 401
1928 - 1984
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 402
Among people born in 1895, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 99. Before her are Marcel Janco, Prescott Bush, Heinrich Eberbach, Hanns Albin Rauter, Michel Simon, and Albert Cohen. After her are Walter Stennes, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Erich Abraham, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Martin Luther. Among people deceased in 1962, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 63. Before her are Henri Wallon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, Emil Artin, Tod Browning, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Trygve Gulbranssen. After her are Vita Sackville-West, Antoine Pevsner, Wilhelm Ackermann, Albert Sarraut, Michel de Ghelderode, and Hans von Salmuth.
1895 - 1984
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 93
1895 - 1972
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 94
1895 - 1992
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 95
1895 - 1949
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 96
1895 - 1975
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 97
1895 - 1981
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 98
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 99
1895 - 1983
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 100
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 101
1895 - 1968
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 102
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 103
1895 - 1963
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 104
1895 - 1945
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 105
1879 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 57
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 58
1898 - 1962
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 59
1880 - 1962
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 60
1942 - 1962
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 61
1894 - 1962
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 62
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 63
1892 - 1962
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 64
1884 - 1962
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 65
1896 - 1962
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 66
1872 - 1962
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 67
1898 - 1962
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 68
1888 - 1962
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 69
Among people born in Norway, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 99 out of 927. Before her are Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Eystein I of Norway (1088), Inge II of Norway (1185), Atle Selberg (1917), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), and Trygve Gulbranssen (1894). After her are Jonas Lie (1833), Christian Sinding (1856), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1974), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), and Hjalmar Johansen (1867).
1090 - 1148
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 93
1088 - 1123
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 94
1185 - 1217
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 95
1917 - 2007
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 96
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 97
1894 - 1962
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 98
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 99
1833 - 1908
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 100
1856 - 1941
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 101
1864 - 1934
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 102
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 103
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 104
1867 - 1913
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 105
Among singers born in Norway, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 2. Before her are Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945). After her are Mari Boine (1956), Nina Grieg (1845), Wenche Myhre (1947), Nora Brockstedt (1923), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Eva Nansen (1858), Anita Hegerland (1961), Jahn Teigen (1949), and Finn Kalvik (1947).
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 1
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 2
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 3
1845 - 1935
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 5
1923 - 2015
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 7
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 8
1858 - 1907
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 10
1949 - 2020
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 12