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Svend Foyn

1809 - 1894

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Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon cannon and brought whaling into a modern age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svend Foyn has received more than 72,973 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Svend Foyn is the 633rd most popular businessperson (down from 521st in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Norway (down from 360th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Businessperson.

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  • 16

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  • 3.78

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  • 2.32

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Svend Foyn ranks 633 out of 847. Before him are Rick Scott, Henry Tate, Meg Whitman, Joel Glazer, Michael Milken, and Shari Arison. After him are Billy Beane, Hiroshi Mikitani, Maurice Podoloff, Sean Parker, Ruja Ignatova, and Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Svend Foyn ranks 71. Before him are Giuseppe Giusti, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, Juan Antonio Pezet, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. After him are Sterling Price, Fanny Kemble, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Francis Walker, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Achille Guenée. Among people deceased in 1894, Svend Foyn ranks 86. Before him are Kitamura Tokoku, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Alexander Wittek, Lobengula, John Sparrow David Thompson, and José Eugenio Ellauri. After him are Cajetan von Felder, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Nathaniel P. Banks, David Payne, George Peter Alexander Healy, and William Hart.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Svend Foyn ranks 458 out of 1,039. Before him are Abraham Berge (1851), Fenriz (1971), Thor Hushovd (1978), Trond Sollied (1959), Carl I. Hagen (1944), and Christopher Hornsrud (1859). After him are Øistein Schirmer (1879), Aslaug Dahl (1949), Thomas Thorstensen (1880), Harald Natvig (1872), Magne Thomassen (1941), and Roar Grønvold (1946).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Norway

Among businesspeople born in Norway, Svend Foyn ranks 3. Before him are Max Manus (1914), and Johan Anker (1871). After him are Terje Hauge (1965), and Håkon Wium Lie (1965).

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