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Otto Nilsson

1879 - 1960

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Sven Otto Nilsson (February 26, 1879 – November 10, 1960) was a Swedish athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1908, he won the bronze medal in the javelin throw event. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Nilsson has received more than 12,151 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Nilsson is the 1,292nd most popular athlete (down from 734th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 797th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Otto Nilsson ranks 1,292 out of 6,025. Before him are Bill Bruce, Mildred Wiley, Robert Benson, Lennart Strand, Lyudmila Pinayeva, and Carla Bodendorf. After him are Pietro Speciale, Anvar Ibragimov, Cathy Freeman, Ernst Larsen, Ingemar Johansson, and Károly Wieland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Otto Nilsson ranks 226. Before him are Herman Teirlinck, André Roosevelt, Warner Oland, Eligio Ayala, Maurice Vignerot, and Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok. After him are Francesco Severi, Marion Jones Farquhar, Annie Kenney, Søren Marinus Jensen, Joseph Lyons, and Clyde Cessna. Among people deceased in 1960, Otto Nilsson ranks 206. Before him are Liesl Karlstadt, John Rupert Firth, Julie Vinter Hansen, Dudley Nichols, Erik Lindahl, and Aneurin Bevan. After him are Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Thalia Flora-Karavia, August Gailit, Alfred E. Green, Gustaf Lindblom, and Giles Gilbert Scott.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Otto Nilsson ranks 1,005 out of 1,879. Before him are Karin Söder (1928), Meja (1969), Sven Utterström (1901), Lennart Strand (1921), Olle Håkansson (1927), and Börje Tapper (1922). After him are Ingemar Johansson (1924), Hans Jacobson (1947), Kurt Pettersén (1916), Magnus Uggla (1954), Per Bertilsson (1892), and Johanna Sällström (1974).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Otto Nilsson ranks 87. Before him are Georg de Laval (1883), Pierre Thorsson (1966), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Göte Hagström (1918), Erik Svensson (1903), and Lennart Strand (1921). After him are Ingemar Johansson (1924), Lennart Klingström (1916), Vilhelm Carlberg (1880), Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Harald Julin (1890), and Arvid Knöppel (1867).

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