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Laila Schou Nilsen

1919 - 1998

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Laila Schou Nilsen (18 March 1919 – 30 July 1998) was one of the foremost Norwegian sportspeople of the 20th century, best known as a speed skater, alpine skier, and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in women's speed skating, both in Norway and internationally, along with two other skaters from the Oslo Skøiteklub ('Oslo Skating Club'), Undis Blikken and Synnøve Lie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laila Schou Nilsen has received more than 19,389 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Laila Schou Nilsen is the 23rd most popular skier (up from 37th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Norway (up from 241st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 23 out of 817. Before her are Hermann Maier, Heinrich Messner, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Antti Hyvärinen, Gustav Thöni, and Toralf Engan. After her are Marc Girardelli, Torbjørn Falkanger, Erik Schinegger, Andreas Wenzel, Juha Mieto, and Yukio Kasaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 164. Before her are Jüri Järvet, Igor Gouzenko, Oswaldo Guayasamín, Hans Hermann Groër, Galina Ustvolskaya, and Julia Robinson. After her are Eva Gabor, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Pál Losonczi, Tatyana Baramzina, and Rocky Graziano. Among people deceased in 1998, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 144. Before her are Helen Wills, Bertil Nordahl, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Carl Wilson, and Roy Rogers. After her are Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Olivier Gendebien, Mahbub ul Haq, Julio César Britos, Phil Hartman, and Leo Penn.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 209 out of 1,039. Before her are Toralf Engan (1936), Fred Anton Maier (1938), Sonja Wigert (1913), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), and Gunnar Heiberg (1857). After her are John Norum (1964), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Haakon the Young (1232), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Peter Tordenskjold (1690), and Hulda Garborg (1862).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 6. Before her are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Anne Jahren (1963), Birger Ruud (1911), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), and Toralf Engan (1936). After her are Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Vegard Ulvang (1963), Tormod Knutsen (1932), and Inger Aufles (1941).

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