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Mats Näslund

1959 - Today

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Mats Torsten Näslund (born 31 October 1959), nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a Swedish former ice hockey player. He played as a left winger. Despite his small size at only five feet and seven inches, Näslund is best known for being one of the top forwards with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens from 1982 to 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mats Näslund has received more than 150,598 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mats Näslund is the 45th most popular hockey player (down from 40th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 813th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

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  • 150k

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  • 43.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Mats Näslund ranks 45 out of 364. Before him are Bibi Torriani, Valentin Loos, Karel Hartmann, Howie Morenz, Brett Hull, and Sergei Fedorov. After him are Otakar Vindyš, Vitali Davydov, Bernie Geoffrion, Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Almetov, and Josef Černý.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Mats Näslund ranks 339. Before him are Juan Antonio San Epifanio, Brilliant Dadashova, Orlando Figes, Dan Gilroy, Prithvirajsing Roopun, and Yves Rossy. After him are Zabou Breitman, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Gregg Araki, Tamara Tunie, Neal H. Moritz, and Alessandro Barbero.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Mats Näslund ranks 905 out of 1,612. Before him are Christian von Koenigsegg (1972), Knut Kroon (1906), Carl-Erik Holmberg (1906), Torsten Palm (1947), Titiyo (1967), and Cecilia Malmström (1968). After him are Erik Elmsäter (1919), Jan Jönsson (1960), Anders Linderoth (1950), Sara Danius (1962), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), and Andreas Granqvist (1985).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Mats Näslund ranks 3. Before him are Nils Nilsson (1936) and Peter Forsberg (1973). After him are Ronald Pettersson (1935), Mats Sundin (1971), Håkan Loob (1960), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Nicklas Lidström (1970), Tommy Salo (1971), Pelle Lindbergh (1959), and Henrik Lundqvist (1982).

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