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Oscar Wisting

1871 - 1936

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Oscar Adolf Wisting (6 June 1871 – 5 December 1936) was a Norwegian Naval officer and polar explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Wisting has received more than 97,768 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Oscar Wisting is the 260th most popular explorer (down from 189th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Norway (down from 112th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Oscar Wisting ranks 260 out of 498. Before him are Carl Anton Larsen, Hjalmar Johansen, William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Jens Munk, and Carl Peters. After him are Francis Garnier, Jim Bridger, Anthony Jenkinson, Willem de Vlamingh, Isidore of Charax, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Oscar Wisting ranks 79. Before him are Ivan Poddubny, Claus Schilling, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Hubert Cecil Booth, Emily Carr, and Kōtoku Shūsui. After him are Martin Knudsen, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Spendiaryan, Leonidas Pyrgos, Luigi Sturzo, and Alwin Berger. Among people deceased in 1936, Oscar Wisting ranks 102. Before him are Ivan Smirnov, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Alexander Guchkov, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo. After him are Bhikaiji Cama, Karl Buresch, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Walther Wever, John Scott Haldane, and Eino Rahja.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Oscar Wisting ranks 180 out of 1,039. Before him are Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), and Jens Munk (1579). After him are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Lars Korvald (1916), Niels Juel (1629), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), and Haakon Ericsson (995).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Oscar Wisting ranks 14. Before him are Thekla Resvoll (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), and Jens Munk (1579). After him are Helmer Hanssen (1870), Helge Ingstad (1899), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Grímur Kamban (801), Knut Haugland (1917), and Olav Bjaaland (1873).

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