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Paavo Talvela

1897 - 1973

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Paavo Juho Talvela (born Paavo Juho Thorén; 19 February 1897 – 30 September 1973) was a Finnish general of the infantry, Knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Finnish Kinship Wars, the Winter War and the Continuation War. Talvela was also active in Finnish far-right politics, being involved in both the founding of the Academic Karelia Society and in the Lapua Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paavo Talvela has received more than 49,901 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paavo Talvela is the 1,491st most popular military personnel (down from 1,206th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Finland (down from 125th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Paavo Talvela has had the most page views in the with 15,463 views, followed by English (9,575), and Swedish (5,756). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (145.04%), Persian (113.16%), and English (44.38%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paavo Talvela ranks 1,491 out of 2,058. Before him are George Lawrence Price, Justin, Sudirman, Alberto Bayo, Franz Rohr von Denta, and Ryszard Kukliński. After him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Dimitrios Loundras, and Peter Tordenskjold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Paavo Talvela ranks 177. Before him are Werner Voss, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Kurt Feldt, Adolfo Baloncieri, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Dorothy Arzner. After him are Kazimierz Nowak, Bud Abbott, Zhou Fohai, Harald Sæverud, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, and Karel Lamač. Among people deceased in 1973, Paavo Talvela ranks 145. Before him are Carmine Gallone, Eleazar López Contreras, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Jeannette Rankin, Rafael Franco, and Nobuko Yoshiya. After him are Willy Fritsch, István Kertész, Gustaf Molander, Mikhail Isakovsky, John Cranko, and Winthrop Rockefeller.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Paavo Talvela ranks 151 out of 751. Before him are Robert Kajanus (1856), Martin Wegelius (1846), Lill Lindfors (1940), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), Jorma Panula (1930), and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870). After him are Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (1886), Ilmari Salminen (1902), Gustaf Molander (1888), Christian von Steven (1781), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), and Paavo Haavikko (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Finland

Among military personnels born in Finland, Paavo Talvela ranks 7. Before him are Simo Häyhä (1905), Ernst Linder (1868), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Erik Heinrichs (1890), Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), and Hugo Österman (1892). After him are Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905), Woldemar Hägglund (1893), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Ruben Lagus (1896), and Oskar Gripenberg (1838).

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