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Niels Helveg Petersen

1939 - 2017

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Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈne̝ls ˈlʌlˀk ˈhelˌve̝ˀj ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐsn̩]; informally Niels Helveg; 17 January 1939 – 3 June 2017) was a Danish politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 2000, having previously held the role of Minister for Economic Affairs between 1988 and 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niels Helveg Petersen has received more than 35,217 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Niels Helveg Petersen is the 15,602nd most popular politician (down from 15,458th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 572nd in 2019) and the 149th most popular Danish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Niels Helveg Petersens by language

Over the past year Niels Helveg Petersen has had the most page views in the with 7,772 views, followed by English (3,611), and German (823). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (110.53%), Simple English (106.79%), and Egyptian Arabic (75.91%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 15,602 out of 19,576. Before him are Ruth Perry, Georg Hilmar, Jesse Helms, Jürgen Trittin, Arthur F. Burns, and John Morley. After him are Juan Manuel Frutos, Michael Hardie Boys, Tiberius, Benigno Ferreira, Gennady Novitsky, and Dimitrios Maximos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 458. Before him are Gennadi Volnov, Mike Farrell, Artur Chilingarov, Stanisław Wielgus, Jacqueline Mars, and Ruth Perry. After him are Björn Engholm, Jaroslav Walter, Antoninho, András Szente, Josef Feistmantl, and Lol Mahamat Choua. Among people deceased in 2017, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 427. Before him are Ty Hardin, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Friedel Rausch, Gunnar Birkerts, Zoltan Sarosy, and Ruth Perry. After him are Walter Kollmann, Atanase Sciotnic, Rosa Taikon, Charlie Murphy, Eugène Parlier, and Della Reese.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 546 out of 1,032. Before him are Jens Jørgen Hansen (1939), Johannes Schmidt (1877), Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), Hans Scherfig (1905), Birgit Brüel (1927), and Nina Bang (1866). After him are Martin Jørgensen (1975), Kurt Helmudt (1943), Christen Dalsgaard (1824), Lars Jørgen Madsen (1871), Birger Jensen (1951), and Kim Milton Nielsen (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Niels Helveg Petersen ranks 149. Before him are Jens Christian Christensen (1856), Otto Liebe (1860), Klaus Berntsen (1844), Margrete Auken (1945), Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), and Nina Bang (1866). After him are Stefanie Clausen (1900), Mariann Fischer Boel (1943), Carl Edvard Rotwitt (1812), Michael Pedersen Friis (1857), Per Stig Møller (1942), and Henning Christophersen (1939).

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