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Birger Ruud

1911 - 1998

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Birger Johannes Ruud (23 August 1911 – 13 June 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birger Ruud is the 11th most popular skier (down from 10th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Norway (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Birger Ruud ranks 11 out of 817. Before him are Toni Sailer, Eddie the Eagle, Alberto Tomba, Bjørn Dæhlie, Franz Klammer, and Sixten Jernberg. After him are Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Jiří Raška, Marc Girardelli, Sonja Edström, Gustav Thöni, and Yukio Kasaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Birger Ruud ranks 132. Before him are Hans Woellke, Joe Rosenthal, Barbara West, Gardner Fox, Pierre Harmel, and Randolph Churchill. After him are Otto Baum, Leopold Kielholz, Carlos Marighella, David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, and José María Arguedas. Among people deceased in 1998, Birger Ruud ranks 110. Before him are Slava Metreveli, Jane Bell, Shinichi Suzuki, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Barry Goldwater, and Bruno Munari. After him are Otto Baum, Yuri Artyukhin, Ramón Sampedro, Lia Manoliu, Mary Cartwright, and Jorge Pacheco Areco.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Birger Ruud ranks 174 out of 1,039. Before him are Wollert Konow (1845), Petter Dass (1647), Jan P. Syse (1930), Euronymous (1968), Karin Fossum (1954), and Margit Sandemo (1924). After him are Einar Thambarskelfir (980), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), and Dagny Juel (1867).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Birger Ruud ranks 2. Before him are Bjørn Dæhlie (1967). After him are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Toralf Engan (1936), Alf Andersen (1906), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), Tormod Knutsen (1932), Reidar Andersen (1911), and Inger Aufles (1941).

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