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Åke Seyffarth

1919 - 1998

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Karl Åke Seyffarth (15 December 1919 – 1 January 1998) was a Swedish speed skater who specialised in long distance events. He set new world records on the 5,000 m (8:13.7) in 1941 and on the 3000 m (4:45.7) in 1942. He became European Allround Champions in 1947, winning both the 5,000 m and the 10000 m on his way to becoming European Champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Åke Seyffarth has received more than 13,590 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Åke Seyffarth is the 67th most popular skater (down from 35th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Åke Seyffarth ranks 67 out of 315Before him are Per Thorén, Sverre Farstad, Fritzi Burger, Surya Bonaly, Marika Kilius, and Boris Shilkov. After him are Emília Rotter, Ireen Wüst, Kaija Mustonen, Yuna Kim, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, and Steven Bradbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Åke Seyffarth ranks 241Before him are Annemarie Renger, Bahriye Üçok, Jocelyn Brando, Eric Thompson, Delfo Cabrera, and Alan Brown. After him are Veikko Huhtanen, Frank Piasecki, Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Jacques Laurent, George Cadle Price, and Gisela Uhlen. Among people deceased in 1998, Åke Seyffarth ranks 214Before him are Junior Wells, Betty Carter, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Alice Faye, Stu Ungar, and Fred Alderman. After him are Mae Questel, Cesare Perdisa, Patricia Hayes, Jeanette Nolan, Justin Fashanu, and Vladimir Dudintsev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Åke Seyffarth ranks 733 out of 1,612Before him are Quorthon (1966), Alfred Swahn (1879), Ragnar Östberg (1866), Barbro Kollberg (1917), Ingemar Johansson (1924), and Axel Grönberg (1918). After him are Eivar Widlund (1905), Nils Karlsson (1917), Sven Landberg (1888), Gunnar Lindström (1896), Olof Mellberg (1977), and Rune Larsson (1924).

Among SKATERS In Sweden

Among skaters born in Sweden, Åke Seyffarth ranks 4Before him are Gillis Grafström (1893), Richard Johansson (1882), and Per Thorén (1885). After him are Jonny Nilsson (1943), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), Göran Claeson (1945), and Nils van der Poel (1996).