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Olav Bjaaland

1873 - 1961

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Olav Bjaaland (5 March 1873 – 8 June 1961) was a Norwegian ski champion and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olav Bjaaland has received more than 83,505 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Olav Bjaaland is the 345th most popular explorer (down from 320th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 231st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 50.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Olav Bjaaland ranks 345 out of 498. Before him are Álvaro Fernandes, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, John Biscoe, Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, and Piet Retief. After him are John Byron, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Oscar Dickson, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Pascual de Andagoya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Olav Bjaaland ranks 122. Before him are Henry, Duke of Parma, Wojciech Korfanty, Cesare Orsenigo, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ivan Shmelyov, and Antonín Švehla. After him are William D. Coolidge, Antun Gustav Matoš, Sunao Tawara, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Wilhelm Kreis, and Max Švabinský. Among people deceased in 1961, Olav Bjaaland ranks 124. Before him are James Thurber, Giulio Cabianca, Maneca, Eduard Tisse, Jeff Chandler, and Ralf Törngren. After him are Şemsettin Günaltay, Yaşar Doğu, Scott LaFaro, Lajos Dinnyés, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, and Harriet Bosse.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Olav Bjaaland ranks 252 out of 1,039. Before him are Knut Nystedt (1915), Knut Haugland (1917), Christopher Hansteen (1784), Pål Tyldum (1942), Magnar Solberg (1937), and Ole Jacob Broch (1818). After him are Steinar Amundsen (1945), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Olav Duun (1876), Vegard Ulvang (1963), and Tormod Knutsen (1932).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Olav Bjaaland ranks 20. Before him are Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Grímur Kamban (801), and Knut Haugland (1917). After him are Finn Ronne (1899), Lars Christensen (1884), Kristian Prestrud (1881), Sverre Hassel (1876), Tryggve Gran (1888), and Erling Kagge (1963).

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