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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Peter Tordenskjold

1690 - 1720

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Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720), commonly referred to as Tordenskjold (lit. 'Thunder Shield'), was a Danish-Norwegian nobleman and flag officer who spent his career in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank of vice-admiral for his services in the Great Northern War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Tordenskjold has received more than 519,132 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Tordenskjold is the 1,085th most popular military personnel (down from 649th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Norway (down from 98th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Military Personnel.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peter Tordenskjold ranks 1,085 out of 1,468Before him are Rasim Delić, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Andrei Shkuro, Davit Bek, Herberts Cukurs, and János Pálffy. After him are Zdravko Tolimir, Yitzhak Hofi, Domnica, Rudolf Maister, Charles Mangin, and Maciej Sulkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1690, Peter Tordenskjold ranks 12Before him are Francesco Maria Veracini, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Edward Low, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Nicolas Lancret, and Patrona Halil. After him are Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and Kelemen Mikes. Among people deceased in 1720, Peter Tordenskjold ranks 9Before him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Maria Barbara Bach, Edward England, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, and Antoine Coysevox. After him are Balaji Vishwanath, Anne Dacier, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Tordenskjold ranks 150 out of 927Before him are Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), Ingeborg of Norway (1301), Caspar Wessel (1745), Hans Gude (1825), Petter Dass (1647), and Hans Aanrud (1863). After him are Jon Fosse (1959), Viggo Brun (1885), Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Trygve Bratteli (1910), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), and Nils Christie (1928).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Norway

Among military personnels born in Norway, Peter Tordenskjold ranks 1After him are Otto Ruge (1882), Cort Adeler (1622), and Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883).