SKATER

Sverre Farstad

1920 - 1978

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Sverre Farstad (8 February 1920 – 27 March 1978) was a Norwegian speed skater representing Sportsklubben Falken, Trondheim, as part of the Falken Trio also including Henry Wahl and Hjalmar Andersen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sverre Farstad has received more than 15,135 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sverre Farstad is the 114th most popular skater (down from 62nd in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Norway (down from 296th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Norwegian Skater.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sverre Farstad ranks 114 out of 483. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Eteri Tutberidze, Hans Gerschwiler, Barbara Wagner, Alexander Gennadiyevich Zaitsev, and Sigurd Moen. After him are Alexei Ulanov, Boris Shilkov, Kira Ivanova, Regine Heitzer, Ken Henry, and Yuna Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Sverre Farstad ranks 380. Before him are Georg Leber, J. J. C. Smart, Bohumil Kudrna, Zully Moreno, Osvaldo Sáez, and Alfonso Thiele. After him are Arthur Wint, Ingemar Hedberg, Keith Andes, Václav Havel, Doug Serrurier, and Alberto Calderón. Among people deceased in 1978, Sverre Farstad ranks 223. Before him are Vera Maretskaya, Prvoslav Mihajlović, José Antonio Rodríguez, Lee Garmes, Lajos Keresztes, and Kathryn McGuire. After him are Dragoslav Mihajlović, Roberto Larraz, Terry Kath, Maja Berezowska, Ewald Balser, and Nagamichi Kuroda.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sverre Farstad ranks 437 out of 1,039. Before him are Ernst Larsen (1926), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Lasse Kjus (1971), Ole Østmo (1866), Sigurd Moen (1897), and Henry Johansen (1904). After him are Ferdinand Bie (1888), Aksel Lund Svindal (1982), Emil Stang (1834), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Johan Sverdrup (1816), and Peder Kolstad (1878).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Sverre Farstad ranks 15. Before him are Finn Helgesen (1919), Odd Lundberg (1917), Johann Olav Koss (1968), Alexia Bryn (1889), Sten Stensen (1947), and Sigurd Moen (1897). After him are Roar Grønvold (1946), Lisbeth Korsmo (1948), Bjørg Eva Jensen (1960), Alv Gjestvang (1937), Kay Stenshjemmet (1953), and Geir Karlstad (1963).

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