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Hastein

810 - 896

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Hastein (Old Norse: Hásteinn, also recorded as Hastingus, Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn or Hæsting and alias Alsting) was a Viking chieftain of the late 9th century who made several raiding voyages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hastein is the 7,888th most popular politician (down from 7,264th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 200th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Danish Politician.

Hastein is most famous for his work on the Norse creation story, the Prose Edda.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hastein ranks 7,888 out of 19,576Before him are Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, He Dan Jia, Uthong, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and Charles W. Fairbanks. After him are Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Dudu of Akkad, Kurmanjan Datka, Sharof Rashidov, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, and Eucleidas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 810, Hastein ranks 10Before him are Abbas ibn Firnas, Kenneth MacAlpin, Kassia, Halfdan the Black, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, and García Íñiguez of Pamplona. After him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Eulogius of Córdoba, Malamir of Bulgaria, Girart de Roussillon, Eberhard of Friuli, and Bivin of Gorze. Among people deceased in 896, Hastein ranks 5Before him are Pope Formosus, Pope Boniface VI, Photios I of Constantinople, and Abu Hanifa Dinawari. After him are Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, and Ermengard of Italy.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hastein ranks 208 out of 1,032Before him are Poul Nielsen (1891), King Diamond (1956), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), and Poul Schlüter (1929). After him are Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520), Marie Krøyer (1867), Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Princess Louise of Denmark (1750), and Jan Gehl (1936).

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