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Sveinn Björnsson

1881 - 1952

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Sveinn Björnsson (Icelandic: [ˈsveitn̥ ˈpjœsːɔn]; 27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952) was the first president of Iceland (1944–1952). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sveinn Björnsson has received more than 176,066 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Sveinn Björnsson is the 4,039th most popular politician (down from 2,905th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Danish Politician.

Sveinn Björnsson is most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 4,039 out of 15,577. Before him are James I, Count of La Marche, Piast the Wheelwright, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Bretislav I, and Theroigne de Mericourt. After him are Emperor Lizong, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Władysław II the Exile, Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Giuseppe Conte, and Rudolf Diels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 49. Before him are Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, William Boeing, Emil Ludwig, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Ludwig Binswanger, and Nikolai Myaskovsky. After him are Cecil B. DeMille, Victor Klemperer, Giovanni Papini, P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Cornu, and Vincenzo Lancia. Among people deceased in 1952, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 29. Before him are Robert Guérin, Charles Maurras, Hattie McDaniel, George Santayana, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg. After him are Rudolf Slánský, Charles Scott Sherrington, Alfred Einstein, Charles Lightoller, Bedřich Hrozný, and Emilie Louise Flöge.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 122 out of 893. Before him are Boetius of Dacia (1240), Gudfred (800), Eric III of Denmark (1100), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Haakon III of Norway (1182), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869). After him are Erik Bruhn (1928), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Guthrum (830), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), and Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 54. Before him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Absalon (1128), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Gudfred (800), Eric III of Denmark (1100), and Haakon III of Norway (1182). After him are Guthrum (830), Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Hastein (810), and Olaf I of Denmark (1050).

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