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Axel Paulsen

1855 - 1938

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Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) was a Norwegian figure skater and speed skater. He invented the figure skating Axel jump and held the world title in speed skating from 1882 to 1890. In 1976, he was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Axel Paulsen is the 3rd most popular skater (up from 5th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Norway (down from 86th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Axel Paulsen ranks 3 out of 483. Before him are Sonja Henie, and Ulrich Salchow. After him are Andrea Kékesy, Katarina Witt, Gillis Grafström, Karl Schäfer, Hjalmar Andersen, Ivar Ballangrud, Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, and Sjoukje Dijkstra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Axel Paulsen ranks 28. Before him are Anatoly Lyadov, Robert de Montesquiou, Živojin Mišić, Guido Adler, Louis de Beaufront, and Vlaho Bukovac. After him are Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Robert Koldewey, David Bruce, Paul Émile Appell, Edwin Hall, and Alexandros Zaimis. Among people deceased in 1938, Axel Paulsen ranks 70. Before him are Leopold Godowsky, Aleksandr Kuprin, Leo Frobenius, William McDougall, Emile Vandervelde, and Francis Jammes. After him are Cao Kun, Nikolai Krylenko, Valery Chkalov, Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, David Riazanov, and Jukums Vācietis.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Axel Paulsen ranks 119 out of 1,039. Before him are Arne Næss (1912), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Ole Bull (1810), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Ole-Johan Dahl (1931). After him are Kristian Birkeland (1867), Stein Rokkan (1921), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), Christian Sinding (1856), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), and Erna Solberg (1961).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Axel Paulsen ranks 2. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912). After him are Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Fred Anton Maier (1938), Roald Aas (1928), Alexia Bryn (1889), Odd Lundberg (1917), Knut Johannesen (1933), Roar Grønvold (1946), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Finn Helgesen (1919).

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