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Torbjørn Falkanger

1927 - 2013

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Torbjørn Falkanger (8 October 1927 in Trondheim – 16 July 2013) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Falkanger earned a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1949 and 1950). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torbjørn Falkanger has received more than 16,475 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Torbjørn Falkanger is the 25th most popular skier (up from 33rd in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Norway (up from 232nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 0.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 25 out of 817. Before him are Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Antti Hyvärinen, Gustav Thöni, Toralf Engan, Laila Schou Nilsen, and Marc Girardelli. After him are Erik Schinegger, Andreas Wenzel, Juha Mieto, Yukio Kasaya, Hanni Wenzel, and Rosi Mittermaier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 204. Before him are Victor Wong, Edmund Gettier, Éva Székely, Vasyl Makukh, Júlio Duarte Langa, and Florencio Campomanes. After him are Gary Bertini, B. V. Doshi, Patrick O'Neal, Bernard Fox, Irina Skobtseva, and Pierre Granier-Deferre. Among people deceased in 2013, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 218. Before him are Richie Havens, Nílton de Sordi, Franca Rame, Gérard de Villiers, Aleksei Yuryevich German, and Vlatko Marković. After him are Eileen Brennan, Jetty Paerl, Ružica Sokić, Mirko Kovač, Donald Byrd, and Enzo Jannacci.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 211 out of 1,039. Before him are Sonja Wigert (1913), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), and John Norum (1964). After him are Haakon the Young (1232), Helmer Hanssen (1870), Peter Tordenskjold (1690), Hulda Garborg (1862), Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969), and Jørn Andersen (1963).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Torbjørn Falkanger ranks 7. Before him are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Anne Jahren (1963), Birger Ruud (1911), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Toralf Engan (1936), and Laila Schou Nilsen (1919). After him are Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Vegard Ulvang (1963), Tormod Knutsen (1932), Inger Aufles (1941), and Alf Andersen (1906).

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