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Hjalmar Andersson

1889 - 1971

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Svensk Hjalmar Zakeus Andersson (13 July 1889 – 2 November 1971) was a Swedish cross-country runner. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm and won an individual silver and team gold medals. The course was rather hilly and approximately 12 km long; it was not made known to competitors before the race. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hjalmar Andersson is the 1,033rd most popular athlete (down from 401st in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 622nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Swedish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Hjalmar Andersson ranks 1,033 out of 6,025Before him are Hanns Braun, Nils Skoglund, Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo, Burton Jastram, Gabriele Reinsch, and Michael Marsh. After him are Hartwig Gauder, István Rózsavölgyi, Rupert Hollaus, Hicham El Guerrouj, Akio Kaminaga, and George Finnegan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Hjalmar Andersson ranks 234Before him are Carl O. Sauer, Hugo Wieslander, Francis Spellman, Sven Markelius, Efrem Zimbalist, and Nina Agadzhanova. After him are Matilde Hidalgo, Alberto Ohaco, Anna Kéthly, Otakar Vindyš, Suzanne Duchamp, and Virgilio Mantegazza. Among people deceased in 1971, Hjalmar Andersson ranks 190Before him are Armand Massard, Edward Andrade, Nikola Kotkov, Emerich Vogl, Michael Rennie, and Gerhard von Rad. After him are Carl Blegen, Joseph Pletincx, Hank Mann, Georgy Babakin, Bebe Daniels, and Billy Gilbert.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hjalmar Andersson ranks 831 out of 1,879Before him are May-Louise Flodin (1934), Alf Kjellin (1920), Glenn Hysén (1959), Nils Östensson (1918), Ulrika Pasch (1735), and Hugo Jahnke (1886). After him are Gunnar Andersson (1928), Marcus Allbäck (1973), Carl-Erik Holmberg (1906), Arvid Knöppel (1867), Haakon Sörvik (1886), and Mic Michaeli (1962).

Among ATHLETES In Sweden

Among athletes born in Sweden, Hjalmar Andersson ranks 54Before him are Georg Åberg (1893), Birger Sörvik (1879), Hugo Wieslander (1889), Gunnar Lindström (1896), Ingemar Johansson (1924), and Nils Skoglund (1906). After him are Arvid Knöppel (1867), Bengt Eriksson (1931), Axel Norling (1884), Sven Fahlman (1914), Gunder Hägg (1918), and Carl Silfverstrand (1885).