SWIMMER

Martha Norelius

1909 - 1955

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Martha Maria Norelius (January 22, 1909 – September 25, 1955) was a Swedish-born American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in five different freestyle swimming events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Norelius has received more than 30,508 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Martha Norelius is the 64th most popular swimmer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 870th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 851st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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  • 46.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Martha Norelius ranks 64 out of 709. Before her are Greta Johansson, John Arthur Jarvis, Erich Rademacher, Barbara Krause, Ford Konno, and Emil Rausch. After her are Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Ragnhild Hveger, Bill Smith, Pontus Hanson, and Chris von Saltza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Martha Norelius ranks 326. Before her are Dieter Borsche, Anna Świrszczyńska, Chester Himes, Sergey Gritsevets, Elis Wiklund, and Ivan Fuqua. After her are Bill Carr, Giovanni Palatucci, Julius J. Epstein, Rune Carlsson, Frank Wykoff, and Koichi Kudo. Among people deceased in 1955, Martha Norelius ranks 136. Before her are Johan Jarlén, Luís de Freitas Branco, Shemp Howard, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Arturo Coddou, and Harry Cobby. After her are Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Constance Collier, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Edwin Barclay, James P. Johnson, and Giuseppe Domenichelli.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Martha Norelius ranks 870 out of 1,879. Before her are Erik Pettersson (1944), Arne Månsson (1925), John Levén (1963), Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944), Erik Almlöf (1891), and Per Ahlmark (1939). After her are Daniel Norling (1888), Anders Johansson (1962), Alf Kjellin (1920), Gunnar Jansson (1907), Jan Boklöv (1966), and Gösta Åsbrink (1881).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Martha Norelius ranks 3. Before her are Arne Borg (1901), and Greta Johansson (1895). After her are Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Sara Nordenstam (1983).

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