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Per-Erik Hedlund

1897 - 1975

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Per-Erik Hedlund (18 April 1897 – 12 February 1975) was a Swedish cross-country skier. He competed in the 18 and 50 km events at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won the gold medal over 50 km in 1928, more than 13 minutes ahead of fellow Swede Gustaf Jonsson. While competing, he wore a show-white outfit, which was later considered as lucky, and was worn by Swedish Nordic skiers at every Winter Olympics for the next 48 years.Hedlund finished sixth in the 50 km event, but won the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1933 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per-Erik Hedlund has received more than 14,986 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Per-Erik Hedlund is the 1,230th most popular athlete (down from 896th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 866th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Swedish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Per-Erik Hedlund has had the most page views in the with 2,237 views, followed by English (1,889), and Italian (893). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (75.57%), Catalan (53.38%), and Egyptian Arabic (23.21%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 1,230 out of 6,025. Before him are John Emery, Maria Golubnichaya, František Douda, Maurice Vignerot, Oswald Zappelli, and Alan Washbond. After him are Giuseppe Tosi, Ken Matthews, Mahmoud Namjoo, Albert Zürner, Chris Berger, and John Powell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 280. Before him are Tom Florie, Nunnally Johnson, James Parrott, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Kálmán Tihanyi, and Viola Dana. After him are Aneurin Bevan, Ángel Médici, Edward Moore, Sigurd Moen, Ivan Borkovský, and Joseph Calleia. Among people deceased in 1975, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 227. Before him are Paul Montel, Erik Adlerz, Tinoco, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Arne Halse, and Inga Tidblad. After him are August Dvorak, Minta Durfee, Evelyn Brent, Erzsébet Schaár, Kay Johnson, and Steve Prefontaine.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 979 out of 1,879. Before him are Eric Prydz (1976), Per Nilsson (1890), Sven Fahlman (1914), Svante Thuresson (1937), Yvonne Ryding (1962), and Nils Engdahl (1898). After him are Eva Dahlgren (1960), Jonas Thern (1967), Stefan Holm (1976), Georg de Laval (1883), Pierre Thorsson (1966), and Kjell Rosén (1921).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Per-Erik Hedlund ranks 79. Before him are Eric Carlberg (1880), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Emil Magnusson (1887), John Svanberg (1881), Sven Fahlman (1914), and Nils Engdahl (1898). After him are Stefan Holm (1976), Georg de Laval (1883), Pierre Thorsson (1966), Gustaf Rosenquist (1887), Göte Hagström (1918), and Erik Svensson (1903).

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