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Simen Agdestein

1967 - Today

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Simen Agdestein (born 15 May 1967) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, chess coach, author, and former professional footballer as a striker for the Norway national football team. Agdestein won nine Norwegian Chess Championships between 1982 and 2023. He is also the former coach of Magnus Carlsen, and brother of Carlsen's manager, Espen Agdestein. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simen Agdestein has received more than 173,174 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Simen Agdestein is the 138th most popular chess player (up from 162nd in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Norway (up from 351st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Chess Player.

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  • 54.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Simen Agdestein ranks 138 out of 461. Before him are Miroslav Filip, István Csom, István Bilek, André Chéron, Boris Kostić, and Borislav Ivkov. After him are Bernhard Horwitz, Horatio Caro, Florin Gheorghiu, Artur Yusupov, Lev Alburt, and Hermanis Matisons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Simen Agdestein ranks 205. Before him are Paul Ince, Jorge Dely Valdés, Dave Navarro, Ralph Hasenhüttl, Gavin Newsom, and David Conrad. After him are Jony Ive, Nathalie Cardone, Max Tegmark, Jimmy Kimmel, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, and Toshiyuki Morikawa.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Simen Agdestein ranks 331 out of 1,039. Before him are Martin Ødegaard (1998), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Otto Sinding (1842), Oskar Olsen (1897), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), and Johan Ferner (1927). After him are Tore André Flo (1973), Carl Størmer (1874), Anita Hegerland (1961), Terje Rypdal (1947), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), and Inger Hagerup (1905).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Norway

Among chess players born in Norway, Simen Agdestein ranks 2. Before him are Magnus Carlsen (1990). After him are Jon Ludvig Hammer (1990), and Aryan Tari (1999).

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