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Roald Aas

1928 - 2012

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Roald Edgar Aas (25 March 1928 – 18 February 2012) was a speed skater and cyclist from Norway. He was born in Oslo. Aas was the number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s—initially after Hjalmar Andersen, later after Knut Johannesen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roald Aas has received more than 23,129 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Roald Aas is the 20th most popular skater (up from 85th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Norway (up from 344th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 51.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Roald Aas ranks 20 out of 483. Before him are Hjalmar Andersen, Ethel Muckelt, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Fred Anton Maier, Debbi Wilkes, and Magda Julin. After him are Helene Engelmann, Alain Calmat, Tony Hawk, Alfred Berger, Ludowika Jakobsson, and Karol Divín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Roald Aas ranks 296. Before him are Frank Frazetta, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Umberto Maglioli, Bob Crane, Gunnar Andersson, and Luciano De Crescenzo. After him are Fatemeh Pahlavi, Qian Qichen, José Bonaparte, Estelle Harris, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, and Milka Babović. Among people deceased in 2012, Roald Aas ranks 198. Before him are Ruggiero Ricci, Elliott Carter, Adrienne Rich, Zakaria Mohieddin, Fiorenzo Magni, and Luis Alberto Spinetta. After him are Jon Finch, Mustafa Ould Salek, Bob Anderson, Fang Lizhi, Shukri Ghanem, and Ramaz Shengelia.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Roald Aas ranks 221 out of 1,039. Before him are Hulda Garborg (1862), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), Jørn Andersen (1963), Eva Joly (1943), Arne Brustad (1912), and Harald Sæverud (1897). After him are Thoralf Skolem (1887), Helge Ingstad (1899), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Colin Archer (1832), and Erling Skakke (1115).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Roald Aas ranks 6. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), and Fred Anton Maier (1938). After him are Bernt Evensen (1905), Knut Johannesen (1933), Finn Helgesen (1919), Odd Lundberg (1917), Johann Olav Koss (1968), and Alexia Bryn (1889).

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