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Nils Silfverskiöld

1888 - 1957

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Nils Otto Silfverskiöld (3 January 1888 – 18 August 1957) was a Swedish Olympic gymnast, orthopedic surgeon and left-wing intellectual. As a gymnast he won a gold medal in the Swedish system team event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. As a surgeon he developed a knee flexion test that was later adapted in a diagnosis of foot and ankle disorders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Silfverskiöld has received more than 35,319 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Silfverskiöld is the 161st most popular gymnast (down from 135th in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,060th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Swedish Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Nils Silfverskiöld ranks 161 out of 370. Before him are Bjarne Pettersen, Maxi Gnauck, Edward Hennig, Rudolf Degermark, Božena Srncová, and Bedřich Šupčík. After him are Vladimir Artemov, Svetlana Boginskaya, Bart Conner, Simone Biles, Kōji Gushiken, and Stoyan Deltchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Nils Silfverskiöld ranks 268. Before him are Jack Holt, Harold Hardwick, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Tris Speaker, Miles Mander, and Miles Malleson. After him are Asaf Ali, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Monty Woolley, Georges Vanier, Paul Cavanagh, and Marguerite Marsh. Among people deceased in 1957, Nils Silfverskiöld ranks 222. Before him are Dorothy Richardson, Harry Watson, Leopold Löwenheim, Leo Goodwin, Charles Brabin, and Bedřich Šupčík. After him are Hughie Gallacher, Colin Carruthers, Billy Bevan, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, and Charles King.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Silfverskiöld ranks 1,202 out of 1,879. Before him are Mattias Ekström (1978), Daniel Espinosa (1977), Lars Eriksson (1965), Jesper Strömblad (1972), Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746), and Kurt Lundquist (1925). After him are Sonja Åkesson (1926), Göran Hagberg (1947), Simon Aspelin (1974), Stefan Lövgren (1970), Thomas G:son (1968), and Martin Hansson (1971).

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Among GYMNASTS In Sweden

Among gymnasts born in Sweden, Nils Silfverskiöld ranks 32. Before him are Ann-Sofi Pettersson (1932), Evy Berggren (1934), Nils Granfelt (1887), Gun Röring (1930), Knut Torell (1885), and Rudolf Degermark (1886). After him are Jonna Adlerteg (1995).

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