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Kirsten Flagstad

1895 - 1962

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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 241,713 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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  • 28

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  • 6.70

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  • 2.62

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 396 out of 3,528Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 99Before 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 63Before 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.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 99 out of 927Before 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).

Among SINGERS In Norway

Among singers born in Norway, Kirsten Flagstad ranks 2Before 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).