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Ruth Svedberg

1903 - 2002

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Ruth Augusta Svedberg (14 April 1903 – 27 December 2002) was a Swedish track and field athlete. She competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw events and won a bronze medal in the discus, failing to reach the finals in sprint events. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Svedberg has received more than 11,597 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ruth Svedberg is the 1,148th most popular athlete (down from 825th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 837th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Swedish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ruth Svedberg ranks 1,148 out of 6,025. Before her are Therese Zenz, Carlo Monti, Erik Adlerz, Barbara Sobotta, Willi Holdorf, and Lyudmila Andonova. After her are Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Aimé Haegeman, John Rimmer, Marcel Van Crombrugge, Ronald Lopatni, and Edwin Mills.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Ruth Svedberg ranks 297. Before her are Mikhail Svetlov, Léon-Étienne Duval, Malcolm Muggeridge, Howard P. Robertson, Marshall Harvey Stone, and Olavi Paavolainen. After her are Hermanni Pihlajamäki, Lucien Michard, Josef Maleček, M. King Hubbert, Juan Aguilera, and Werner Klingler. Among people deceased in 2002, Ruth Svedberg ranks 272. Before her are Melih Cevdet Anday, Kaisa Parviainen, Katrin Cartlidge, Willie Davenport, Conny Vandenbos, and John Buscema. After her are Jack Shea, John Gorton, Dee Brown, Kees Mijnders, Vladimir Vasyutin, and Lily Carlstedt.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ruth Svedberg ranks 952 out of 1,879. Before her are Axel Grönberg (1918), Wollmar Boström (1878), Hans Wetterström (1923), Bertil Roos (1943), Cecilia Malmström (1968), and Erik Adlerz (1892). After her are Nick Bostrom (1973), Sven-Gunnar Larsson (1940), Malin Åkerman (1978), Staffan Tapper (1948), Kjell Grede (1936), and Eric Carlberg (1880).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Ruth Svedberg ranks 72. Before her are Bruno Söderström (1881), Birger Sörvik (1879), Gunnar Åkerlund (1923), Gustaf Jansson (1922), Hans Wetterström (1923), and Erik Adlerz (1892). After her are Eric Carlberg (1880), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Emil Magnusson (1887), John Svanberg (1881), Sven Fahlman (1914), and Nils Engdahl (1898).

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