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Olafur Eliasson

1967 - Today

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Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995, Olafur established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olafur Eliasson has received more than 788,957 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Olafur Eliasson is the 152nd most popular sculptor (down from 145th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 331st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Sculptor.

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  • 790k

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  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Olafur Eliassons by language

Over the past year Olafur Eliasson has had the most page views in the with 75,411 views, followed by German (28,460), and Japanese (17,098). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (14,400.00%), French (1,498.44%), and Belarusian (246.49%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Olafur Eliasson ranks 152 out of 258. Before him are Tullio Lombardo, Dušan Džamonja, Salvatore Garau, Damophon, Ron Mueck, and Rudolf Belling. After him are Ligier Richier, Valie Export, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Hans Multscher, Juan Martínez Montañés, and Anna Coleman Ladd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Olafur Eliasson ranks 119. Before him are Sue Gardner, Chris Benoit, Layne Staley, Michael Johnson, Ardem Patapoutian, and Melanie Thornton. After him are Steve Zahn, Jonathan Littell, Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Ciro Ferrara, Takehito Koyasu, and Dan Petrescu.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Olafur Eliasson ranks 346 out of 1,032. Before him are Vilhelm Buhl (1881), Lucile Grahn (1819), Harald Høffding (1843), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Søren Kam (1921), and Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696). After him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Johannes Ewald (1743), Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (1120), Henry Hansen (1902), Jakob Nielsen (1957), and Kurt Nielsen (1930).

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Among SCULPTORS In Denmark

Among sculptors born in Denmark, Olafur Eliasson ranks 2. Before him are Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770). After him are Robert Jacobsen (1912), and Jens Galschiøt (1954).

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