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Otto Sverdrup

1854 - 1930

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Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854, in Bindal Municipality in Helgeland – 26 November 1930) was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Sverdrup has received more than 117,421 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Otto Sverdrup is the 141st most popular explorer (up from 144th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Norway (down from 84th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Otto Sverdrup ranks 141 out of 498. Before him are João Vaz Corte-Real, Gil Eanes, Frederick Cook, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, Andrés de Urdaneta, and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. After him are Mikhail Lazarev, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Scylax of Caryanda, Cornelis de Houtman, Emin Pasha, and Mark Sykes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Otto Sverdrup ranks 30. Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Alfredo Catalani, Hubert Lyautey, Aletta Jacobs, Prince Louis of Battenberg, and Takahashi Korekiyo. After him are Charles Algernon Parsons, Alphonse Allais, Zhang Xun, Moritz Moszkowski, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, and Hertha Ayrton. Among people deceased in 1930, Otto Sverdrup ranks 37. Before him are Wilfrid Voynich, Jules Pascin, Vladimir Arsenyev, Giulio Douhet, Yang Kaihui, and Waldemar Haffkine. After him are Simko Shikak, Theodor Nöldeke, José Carlos Mariátegui, Riccardo Drigo, Rafael Merry del Val, and Eduard Meyer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Otto Sverdrup ranks 89 out of 1,039. Before him are Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Thorleif Haug (1894), Jonas Lie (1833), Axel Paulsen (1855), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Odvar Nordli (1927). After him are Arne Næss (1912), Erna Solberg (1961), Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Kristian Birkeland (1867), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), and Eiríkr Hákonarson (957).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Otto Sverdrup ranks 6. Before him are Roald Amundsen (1872), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Erik the Red (950), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), and Ingólfr Arnarson (850). After him are Naddodd (900), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), and Hjalmar Johansen (1867).

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