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Sonja Edström

1930 - 2020

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Sonja Viola Edström-Ruthström (Edström before 1960, 18 November 1930 – 15 October 2020) was a Swedish cross-country skier. She competed at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events and won bronze medals in both in 1956; in 1960 she finished fifth in the 10 km, but won the 3 × 5 km relay. Edström also won two 3 × 5 km relay bronze medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1954 and 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonja Edström has received more than 16,294 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Sonja Edström is the 34th most popular skier (down from 29th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 510th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Skier.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Sonja Edström ranks 34 out of 817. Before her are Juha Mieto, Yukio Kasaya, Hanni Wenzel, Rosi Mittermaier, Karl Schranz, and Gunnar Eriksson. After her are Kjetil André Aamodt, Christl Cranz, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Anderl Molterer, Alevtina Kolchina, and Émile Allais.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Sonja Edström ranks 301. Before her are Mohammad Ali Fardin, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Clive Revill, Hédi Baccouche, Ilya Glazunov, and Vlatko Pavletić. After her are Edna O'Brien, Jack Taylor, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Helen Merrill, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and Lothar Wolleh. Among people deceased in 2020, Sonja Edström ranks 287. Before her are John Turner, Alfred Riedl, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Hédi Baccouche, Tomás Balcázar, and Ivan Passer. After her are Theodor Wagner, Abdurrahim El-Keib, Rafer Johnson, Saeb Erekat, Carlo Ubbiali, and Johnny Nash.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sonja Edström ranks 540 out of 1,879. Before her are Carl Fredrik Hill (1849), Henry Eriksson (1920), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), Jenny Nyström (1854), Sune Andersson (1921), and Anna Sundström (1785). After her are Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (1876), Harald Cramér (1893), Inger Stevens (1934), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Thomas Hammarberg (1942), and Kiki Håkansson (1929).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Sonja Edström ranks 4. Before her are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Sixten Jernberg (1929), and Gunnar Eriksson (1921). After her are 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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