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Sixten Jernberg

1929 - 2012

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Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten", (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within the podium in 263 and winning 134 of them; during this period he won four world titles and nine Olympic medals. In 12 starts over three consecutive Winter Games he never finished worse than fifth place, and between 1955 and 1960, he won 86 out of 161 competitions.Jernberg was a blacksmith and a lumberjack before beginning his career as a cross-country skier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sixten Jernberg has received more than 55,362 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Sixten Jernberg is the 15th most popular skier (down from 9th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 320th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Skier.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Sixten Jernberg has had the most page views in the with 13,524 views, followed by English (4,874), and Finnish (1,492). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (49.21%), Catalan (48.21%), and Croatian (45.43%)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Sixten Jernberg ranks 15 out of 817. Before him are Franz Klammer, Birger Ruud, Eddie the Eagle, Jiří Raška, Andrea Mead Lawrence, and Bjørn Wirkola. After him are Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, Heinrich Messner, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Antti Hyvärinen, and Gustav Thöni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Sixten Jernberg ranks 215. Before him are Jack Higgins, François Cheng, Bernard Williams, Milton Glaser, Kjell Askildsen, and Péter Palotás. After him are Horst Frank, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Hal Ashby, Hugues Aufray, and Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze. Among people deceased in 2012, Sixten Jernberg ranks 164. Before him are Assef Shawkat, I. K. Gujral, George McGovern, Anita Björk, Shulamith Firestone, and Vicar. After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Pierre Sinibaldi, and Rashidi Yekini.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sixten Jernberg ranks 429 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Anita Björk (1923), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Orvar Bergmark (1930), Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), and Margot Wallström (1954). After him are Olof Swartz (1760), Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), Lars Gustafsson (1936), Eugène Jansson (1862), Emma Wiklund (1968), and Johan David Åkerblad (1763).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Sixten Jernberg ranks 2. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956). After him are Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Sonja Edström (1930), Nils Karlsson (1917), Thomas Wassberg (1956), Gunde Svan (1962), Elis Wiklund (1909), Jan Boklöv (1966), Anja Pärson (1981), Nils Östensson (1918), and Assar Rönnlund (1935).

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