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Helge Løvland

1890 - 1984

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Helge Andreas Løvland (11 May 1890 – 26 April 1984) was a Norwegian military officer, track and field athlete, sports official and writer. He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Helge Løvland is the 246th most popular athlete (down from 212th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Norway (up from 199th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Helge Løvland ranks 246 out of 6,025. Before him are David Hall, Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, Sebastian Coe, Lauri Virtanen, and Bobby Morrow. After him are Carlos Lopes, Éva Székely, Jüri Tarmak, Charles Frédéric Petit, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Yelena Isinbayeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Helge Løvland ranks 125. Before him are Mustafa Shokay, André-Louis Danjon, Adolf Wagner, Harold Spencer Jones, Maurice McLoughlin, and Arthur Holmes. After him are Rachel Bluwstein, Gösta Ekman, Adolphe Menjou, Dion Fortune, André Gobert, and Sigurd Hoel. Among people deceased in 1984, Helge Løvland ranks 113. Before him are Baba Sali, Knut Nordahl, Lola Anglada, Louis Réard, Sergei Salnikov, and El Santo. After him are Titus Burckhardt, Matías González, Tim, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Richard E. Bellman, and Kenneth Arnold.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Helge Løvland ranks 196 out of 1,039. Before him are Magnar Solberg (1937), Knud Knudsen (1812), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jørgen Juve (1906), Hans Aanrud (1863), and Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818). After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Johan Bojer (1872), Jon Elster (1940), and Fred Anton Maier (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Helge Løvland ranks 5. Before him are Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1974), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Berit Mørdre (1940), and Magnar Solberg (1937). After him are Egil Danielsen (1933), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Harald Grønningen (1934), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Grete Waitz (1953), and Steinar Amundsen (1945).

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