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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 4th President of the International Olympic Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigfrid Edström has received more than 76,674 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Sigfrid Edström is the 12th most popular athlete (up from 3,810th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 159th 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.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sigfrid Edström ranks 12 out of 3,059Before him are Bob Beamon, Spyridon Louis, Carl Lewis, Viktor Saneyev, Usain Bolt, and Luz Long. After him are Ronnie Coleman, Hannes Kolehmainen, Felix Baumgartner, Dick Fosbury, Florence Griffith Joyner, and Yuriy Sedykh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Sigfrid Edström ranks 24Before him are Clara Immerwahr, Gustav Bauer, Josef Hoffmann, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, and Maurice Denis. After him are Georgy Gapon, Pierre Louÿs, Sophia of Prussia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Charlotte Cooper, and D. T. Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1964, Sigfrid Edström ranks 28Before him are Otto Grotewohl, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, Alexander Archipenko, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, and Plaek Phibunsongkhram. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Cole Porter, Sam Cooke, Douglas McGregor, and Maurice Thorez.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sigfrid Edström ranks 133 out of 1,612Before him are Sune Bergström (1916), Birgit Nilsson (1918), Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Lennart Johansson (1929), and Charles VII of Sweden (1130). After him are Halsten Stenkilsson (1050), Ulf von Euler (1905), Johannes Rydberg (1854), Claes Oldenburg (1929), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), and Catherine of Vadstena (1331).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Sigfrid Edström ranks 1After him are Eric Lemming (1880), Oscar Swahn (1847), John Ljunggren (1919), Nils von Kantzow (1885), August Nilsson (1872), Georg Åberg (1893), Gert Fredriksson (1919), Karl Staaf (1881), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), and Erik Abrahamsson (1898).