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Rudolf Svensson

1899 - 1978

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Johan Rudolf "Starke Rudolf" Svensson (27 March 1899 – 4 December 1978) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in four freestyle and Greco-Roman events in total, and won a gold or silver medal in each of them.Svensson was most successful in the Greco-Roman light-heavyweight category, in which he won two European titles in 1925 and 1933, seven national titles in 1926–36, two silver medals at the world championships, and three at the European Championships. A firefighter by profession, Svensson also played minor roles in several Swedish movies between 1934 and 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Svensson has received more than 10,977 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Svensson is the 45th most popular wrestler (up from 50th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 507th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Wrestler.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Rudolf Svenssons by language

Over the past year Rudolf Svensson has had the most page views in the with 1,424 views, followed by Russian (836), and Persian (702). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (24.44%), Arabic (22.28%), and Persian (20.00%)

Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Rudolf Svensson ranks 45 out of 1,027. Before him are Ivar Johansson, Eddie Guerrero, Ibrahim Moustafa, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Chris Benoit, and Brock Lesnar. After him are Wilfried Dietrich, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Kevin Nash, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Stephanos Christopoulos, and Bill Goldberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Rudolf Svensson ranks 163. Before him are Udham Singh, Gerhard von Schwerin, Josep Tarradellas, Carlo Rosselli, Jeralean Talley, and Aleksander Klumberg. After him are Silvestre Revueltas, Bernhard Rogge, Aleksandr Deyneka, Helge Ingstad, Anni Albers, and Charles Best. Among people deceased in 1978, Rudolf Svensson ranks 122. Before him are José Gonzalvo, John D. Rockefeller III, Rubén Morán, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, Josef Frings, and Roy Harrod. After him are Juan Evaristo, Carlos Riolfo, Franz Bäke, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Bob Crane, and Artem Alikhanian.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rudolf Svensson ranks 495 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Olsson (1944), Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Lena Endre (1955), Ruben Östlund (1974), and Carola Häggkvist (1966). After him are Gustaf Cederström (1845), Katarina Taikon (1932), Olle Hellbom (1925), Felix Hamrin (1875), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), and Viktor Rydberg (1828).

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Among WRESTLERS In Sweden

Among wrestlers born in Sweden, Rudolf Svensson ranks 2. Before him are Ivar Johansson (1903). After him are Axel Cadier (1906), Olle Anderberg (1919), Carl Westergren (1895), Bertil Antonsson (1921), Claes Johanson (1884), Erik Malmberg (1897), Johan Richthoff (1898), Gustav Freij (1922), Anders Larsson (1892), and Axel Grönberg (1918).

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