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Magnar Solberg

1937 - Today

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Magnar Solberg (born 4 February 1937) is a former Norwegian biathlete and police officer. He won a gold medal in the 20 km at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics; his 4 × 7.5 km relay teams placed second in 1968 and fourth in 1972. In 1968 he was awarded Morgenbladets Gullmedalje, and in 1972 served as the Olympic flag bearer for Norway at the opening ceremony. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magnar Solberg has received more than 20,036 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Magnar Solberg is the 353rd most popular athlete (down from 273rd in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Norway (down from 238th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Magnar Solberg ranks 353 out of 6,025. Before him are Pål Tyldum, Franjo Mihalić, Tore Sjöstrand, Norman Read, Harri Larva, and Morgan Taylor. After him are Bob Kiesel, Tamara Tyshkevich, Aleksandra Chudina, Charley Paddock, John Winter, and Livio Berruti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Magnar Solberg ranks 287. Before him are Márta Rudas, Alfredo Rojas, José Sacristán, Ludvík Daněk, Andrija Anković, and Akram Aylisli. After him are Bobby Driscoll, Albert Brülls, Jackie Collins, José Araquistáin, Jurek Becker, and Mark Donohue.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Magnar Solberg ranks 250 out of 1,039. Before him are Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Knut Nystedt (1915), Knut Haugland (1917), Christopher Hansteen (1784), and Pål Tyldum (1942). After him are Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Steinar Amundsen (1945), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), and Olav Duun (1876).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Magnar Solberg ranks 9. Before him are Berit Mørdre (1940), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Helge Løvland (1890), Harald Grønningen (1934), and Pål Tyldum (1942). After him are Steinar Amundsen (1945), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), Håkon Brusveen (1927), Simon Slåttvik (1917), and Trine Hattestad (1966).

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