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Otto Sverdrup

1854 - 1930

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Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854, in Bindal, 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 110,681 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Otto Sverdrup is the 145th most popular explorer (down from 132nd in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Norway (up from 88th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 110k

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  • 57.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Otto Sverdrup ranks 145 out of 405. Before him are Mikhail Lazarev, Martin Frobisher, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Emin Pasha, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Scylax of Caryanda, Gaspar Corte-Real, Vladimir Arsenyev, Hans Staden, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, and John Sutter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Otto Sverdrup ranks 31. Before him are Georg Kerschensteiner, Alfredo Catalani, Léo Taxil, Hubert Lyautey, Alphonse Allais, and Yan Fu. After him are Charles Algernon Parsons, John Philip Sousa, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Lady Randolph Churchill, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, and Zhang Xun. Among people deceased in 1930, Otto Sverdrup ranks 35. Before him are Leopold Auer, Jules Pascin, Yang Kaihui, Giulio Douhet, Otto Mueller, and Vasily Bartold. After him are Vladimir Arsenyev, Waldemar Haffkine, José Carlos Mariátegui, Theodor Nöldeke, Adolf Engler, and Eduard Meyer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Otto Sverdrup ranks 84 out of 927. Before him are Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Jan Garbarek (1947), Stein Rokkan (1921), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), and Christian Michelsen (1857). After him are Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973), Sigurd II of Norway (1133), Magnus V of Norway (1156), Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283), and Haakon II of Norway (1147).

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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 Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Naddodd (900), Oscar Wisting (1871), Helmer Hanssen (1870), and Ohthere of Hålogaland (900).

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