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Þorsteinn Pálsson

1947 - Today

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Þorsteinn Pálsson (pronounced [ˈθɔr̥steitn ˈpʰaulsɔn]; born 29 October 1947) served as prime minister of Iceland for the Independence Party from 1987 to 1988. Þorsteinn led the Independence Party from 1983 to 1991, when he lost an inner partial election to then vice-chairman of the party and mayor of Reykjavík, Davíð Oddsson. Prior to his period as Prime Minister, Þorsteinn was Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Þorsteinn Pálsson has received more than 30,292 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Þorsteinn Pálsson is the 14,959th most popular politician (down from 14,325th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 69th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Icelander Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Þorsteinn Pálssons by language

Over the past year Þorsteinn Pálsson has had the most page views in the with 3,754 views, followed by Icelandic (1,811), and Scottish Gaelic (663). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (90.71%), Scottish Gaelic (80.16%), and Latin (59.43%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Þorsteinn Pálsson ranks 14,959 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward Babiuch, Theo Heemskerk, Gavriil Golovkin, Ted Cruz, Ignacio Andrade, and Pomponius Secundus. After him are Nadia Calviño, Manuel Merino, Thoros III, King of Armenia, Josef Tošovský, Leo Varadkar, and Noli de Castro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Þorsteinn Pálsson ranks 555. Before him are Yuri Semin, Flavio Bucci, Alberto Bigon, Aram I, Jane Curtin, and Franz West. After him are Giuseppe Savoldi, Hubert Védrine, Joe Manchin, Elena Solovey, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, and Afanasijs Kuzmins.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Þorsteinn Pálsson ranks 64 out of 190. Before him are Hermann Jónasson (1896), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), and Hallgrímur Helgason (1959). After him are Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876), and Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Þorsteinn Pálsson ranks 20. Before him are Hannes Hafstein (1861), Ólafur Thors (1892), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), and Hermann Jónasson (1896). After him are Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), and Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913).

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