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Sverre Hassel

1876 - 1928

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Sverre Helge Hassel (30 July 1876 – 6 June 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the South Pole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sverre Hassel has received more than 68,371 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sverre Hassel is the 427th most popular explorer (down from 300th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Norway (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Norwegian Explorer.

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  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sverre Hassel ranks 427 out of 498. Before him are Hugh Clapperton, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, John Colter, Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, and George Nares. After him are Luke Foxe, Edward John Eyre, George Back, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, and Dirk Hartog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Sverre Hassel ranks 170. Before him are Nellie Tayloe Ross, Gaston Peltier, Havergal Brian, H. B. Warner, Oscar Dessomville, and Ásgrímur Jónsson. After him are Gregory Mathews, Robert Yerkes, Elisabeth Moore, Paul Montel, William Carr, and Henri Hérouin. Among people deceased in 1928, Sverre Hassel ranks 102. Before him are Gunnar Setterwall, Andrew Fisher, Theodore Roberts, Georges Passerieu, Jean Collas, and Maria Yermolova. After him are Marie Stritt, Jane Ellen Harrison, Roman Steinberg, Karl Röderer, Nina Bang, and Lewis Howard Latimer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sverre Hassel ranks 365 out of 1,039. Before him are Lene Nystrøm (1973), Charles Mathiesen (1911), Nils Eriksen (1911), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), Anders Haugen (1888), and Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908). After him are Reidar Liaklev (1917), Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), John Carew (1979), Rolf Holmberg (1914), and Johan Falkberget (1879).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Sverre Hassel ranks 24. Before him are Grímur Kamban (801), Knut Haugland (1917), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Finn Ronne (1899), Lars Christensen (1884), and Kristian Prestrud (1881). After him are Tryggve Gran (1888), and Erling Kagge (1963).

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