1919 - 1998
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, Åke Seyffarth ranks 67 out of 315. Before 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.
1885 - 1962
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 61
1920 - 1978
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 62
1910 - 1999
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 63
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 64
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 65
1927 - 2015
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 66
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 67
1906 - 2003
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 68
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 69
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 70
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 71
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 72
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1919, Åke Seyffarth ranks 241. Before 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 214. Before 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.
1919 - 2008
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 235
1919 - 1990
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 236
1919 - 2005
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 237
1919 - 2015
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 238
1919 - 1981
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 239
1919 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 240
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 241
1919 - 1976
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 242
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 243
1919 - 2006
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 244
1919 - 2000
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 245
1919 - 2011
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 246
1919 - 2007
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 247
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 208
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 209
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 210
1915 - 1998
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 211
1953 - 1998
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 212
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 213
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 214
1908 - 1998
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 215
1932 - 1998
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 216
1909 - 1998
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 217
1911 - 1998
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 218
1961 - 1998
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 219
1918 - 1998
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 220
Among people born in Sweden, Åke Seyffarth ranks 733 out of 1,612. Before 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).
1966 - 2004
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 727
1879 - 1931
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 728
1866 - 1945
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 729
1917 - 2014
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 730
1924 - 2009
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 731
1918 - 1988
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 732
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 733
1905 - 1968
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 734
1917 - 2012
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 735
1888 - 1962
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 736
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 737
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 738
1924 - 2016
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 739
Among skaters born in Sweden, Åke Seyffarth ranks 4. Before 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).
1893 - 1938
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1
1882 - 1952
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 2
1885 - 1962
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 3
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 4
1943 - 2022
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 5
1930 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 6
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 7
1996 - Present
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 8