ATHLETE

Sigfrid Edström

1870 - 1964

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Johannes Sigfrid Edström (11 November 1870 – 18 March 1964) was a Swedish industrialist, chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, and fourth president of the International Olympic Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigfrid Edström has received more than 93,428 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sigfrid Edström is the 27th most popular athlete (down from 12th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 132nd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Athlete.

Sigfrid Edström is most famous for being a Swedish psychologist who helped to develop the theory of individual psychology.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sigfrid Edström ranks 27 out of 6,025. Before him are Hannes Kolehmainen, Tamara Press, Marita Koch, Luz Long, Stanisława Walasiewicz, and Frank Zane. After him are Ben Johnson, Marina Doria, Jānis Lūsis, Ville Ritola, Mark Phillips, and Lasse Virén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Sigfrid Edström ranks 37. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Louis Vierne, Alexander Berkman, Edwin S. Porter, Nariman Narimanov, and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. After him are Aleksandr Kuprin, E. M. Antoniadi, Princess Henriette of Belgium, Jan Smuts, François Georges-Picot, and Jaime, Duke of Madrid. Among people deceased in 1964, Sigfrid Edström ranks 37. Before him are Douglas McGregor, Heinrich Neuhaus, Andriy Melnyk, Sam Cooke, Peter Lorre, and Princess Auguste of Bavaria. After him are Hugo Koblet, Halide Edib Adıvar, Pedro Petrone, Cole Porter, Sergey Biryuzov, and J. B. S. Haldane.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sigfrid Edström ranks 209 out of 1,879. Before him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Knut Wicksell (1851), Gunnar Asplund (1885), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Ann-Margret (1941), and Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801). After him are Salomon August Andrée (1854), Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Johan Banér (1596), Maj Sjöwall (1935), and Loreen (1983).

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Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Sigfrid Edström ranks 1. After him are Eric Lemming (1880), Klas Lestander (1931), Oscar Swahn (1847), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Nils von Kantzow (1885), Karl Staaf (1881), August Nilsson (1872), Erik Lundqvist (1908), John Ljunggren (1919), Gert Fredriksson (1919), and Henry Eriksson (1920).

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