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Knut Haugland

1917 - 2009

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Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Knut Haugland has received more than 127,415 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Knut Haugland is the 342nd most popular explorer (down from 297th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Norway (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Knut Hauglands by language

Over the past year Knut Haugland has had the most page views in the with 10,212 views, followed by Russian (6,416), and German (2,889). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (96.00%), Russian (68.53%), and Arabic (62.50%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Knut Haugland ranks 342 out of 498. Before him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Álvaro Fernandes, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, and John Biscoe. After him are Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, Olav Bjaaland, John Byron, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, and Oscar Dickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Knut Haugland ranks 200. Before him are Adolfo Consolini, Barry Commoner, Victor Marijnen, Gloria Fuertes, Minoru Chiaki, and Yvette Chauviré. After him are Virginia Grey, R. G. Armstrong, Henry Carlsson, Leandro Remondini, Helen Suzman, and Kriangsak Chamanan. Among people deceased in 2009, Knut Haugland ranks 196. Before him are Charlie Mariano, Peter Shirayanagi, Paul Naschy, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Lino Aldani, and Jack Kramer. After him are Stéphanos II Ghattas, Gangubai Hangal, Glenn Davis, Giacomo Bulgarelli, Helen Suzman, and Monica Bleibtreu.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knut Haugland ranks 247 out of 1,039. Before him are Nina Grieg (1845), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), and Knut Nystedt (1915). After him are Christopher Hansteen (1784), Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Olav Bjaaland (1873), and Steinar Amundsen (1945).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Knut Haugland ranks 19. Before him are Jens Munk (1579), Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), and Grímur Kamban (801). After him are Olav Bjaaland (1873), Finn Ronne (1899), Lars Christensen (1884), Kristian Prestrud (1881), Sverre Hassel (1876), and Tryggve Gran (1888).

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