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Svein Knutsson

1016 - 1035

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Svein Knutsson (Old Norse: Sveinn Knútsson [ˈswɛinː ˈknuːtsˌson]; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman. In 1017 Cnut married Emma of Normandy, but there is no evidence that Ælfgifu was repudiated, and in 1030 Cnut sent her and Svein as regents to rule Norway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svein Knutsson has received more than 347,910 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Svein Knutsson is the 8,391st most popular politician (up from 9,445th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 261st in 2019) and the 86th most popular Danish Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Svein Knutsson ranks 8,391 out of 19,576. Before him are Amir Kabir, Mulatu Teshome, Srinagarindra, Laura Chinchilla, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, and Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo. After him are Grigory Petrovsky, Franz Six, Arturo Alessandri, Theodemir, Roger of Salerno, and Pietro Tradonico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1016, Svein Knutsson ranks 11. Before him are Béla I of Hungary, Casimir I the Restorer, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Deokjong of Goryeo, Edward the Exile, and Naropa. After him is Amadeus I, Count of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1035, Svein Knutsson ranks 6. Before him are Cnut the Great, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sancho III of Pamplona, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, and Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona. After him are Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, and Estrid of the Obotrites.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Svein Knutsson ranks 228 out of 1,032. Before him are Kenneth Zohore (1994), Kaj Munk (1898), Christian Mortensen (1882), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), and Thomas Vinterberg (1969). After him are Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Anker Jørgensen (1922), Inger Christensen (1935), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), and Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Svein Knutsson ranks 86. Before him are Augusta of Denmark (1580), Jens Otto Krag (1914), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768). After him are Anker Jørgensen (1922), Erik Scavenius (1877), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966), Holger Nielsen (1866), and Valdemar the Young (1209).

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