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Thomas Wassberg

1956 - Today

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Lars Thomas Wassberg (born 27 March 1956) is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Jernberg and Oddvar Brå. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Wassberg has received more than 83,923 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Thomas Wassberg is the 88th most popular skier (down from 50th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 607th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Skier.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Thomas Wassberg ranks 88 out of 817. Before him are Piero Gros, Primož Ulaga, Ivar Formo, Heikki Hasu, Lara Gut-Behrami, and Marie-Theres Nadig. After him are Gunde Svan, Stein Eriksen, Walter Steiner, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Franco Nones, and Yvonne Rüegg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Thomas Wassberg ranks 332. Before him are Tim Daly, Bill Maher, Ted Gärdestad, Joy Mangano, Ray Wilkins, and Ahmad Zia Massoud. After him are Schelte J. Bus, Chloe Webb, Héctor Rebaque, Leonid Taranenko, Vjekoslav Bevanda, and Marc Caro.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Thomas Wassberg ranks 838 out of 1,879. Before him are Quorthon (1966), Maria Röhl (1801), Ulf Schmidt (1934), Inga Fischer-Hjalmars (1918), Göran Therborn (1941), and Emil Forsberg (1991). After him are Gunde Svan (1962), Lennart Samuelsson (1924), Kjell Bäckman (1934), Esbjörn Svensson (1964), Inga Gentzel (1908), and Tim Sköld (1966).

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Among SKIERS In Sweden

Among skiers born in Sweden, Thomas Wassberg ranks 6. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), Sonja Edström (1930), and Nils Karlsson (1917). After him are Gunde Svan (1962), Elis Wiklund (1909), Jan Boklöv (1966), Anja Pärson (1981), Nils Östensson (1918), and Assar Rönnlund (1935).

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