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Laila Schou Nilsen

1919 - 1998

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Laila Schou Nilsen (18 March 1919 – 30 July 1998) was one of the foremost Norwegian sportspeople of the 20th century, best known as a speed skater, alpine skier, and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in women's speed skating, both in Norway and internationally, along with two other skaters from the Oslo Skøiteklub ('Oslo Skating Club'), Undis Blikken and Synnøve Lie. Across her sporting career – which also included handball, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and motorsport – Nilsen won 101 Norwegian Championship titles, of which 86 were in tennis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laila Schou Nilsen is the 37th most popular skier (down from 23rd in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Norway (down from 209th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 37 out of 817. Before her are Torbjørn Falkanger, Kjetil André Aamodt, Lindsey Vonn, Émile Allais, Bojan Križaj, and Bernhard Russi. After her are Madeleine Berthod, Tormod Knutsen, Antti Hyvärinen, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Baldur Preiml, and Alevtina Kolchina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 199. Before her are R. M. Hare, Anita O'Day, Eileen Heckart, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Doris Miller, and Michèle Arnaud. After her are Roman Vlad, Polina Gelman, Olle Anderberg, Gottfried Dienst, Gert Fredriksson, and Karl H. Pribram. Among people deceased in 1998, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 177. Before her are Luis Cruz, Zezé Moreira, Genrich Altshuller, Jon Postel, Konstantinos Kollias, and Michèle Arnaud. After her are Keith Newton, Julio César Britos, Inge Scholl, Rolan Bykov, Gottfried Dienst, and Fred Alderman.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 258 out of 1,039. Before her are Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Wenche Myhre (1947), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Aurora (1996), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742). After her are Martinus Rørbye (1803), Knut Nystedt (1915), Grete Waitz (1953), Per Borten (1913), Steinar Amundsen (1945), and John Arne Riise (1980).

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Among SKIERS In Norway

Among skiers born in Norway, Laila Schou Nilsen ranks 9. Before her are Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Toralf Engan (1936), Alf Andersen (1906), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), and Kjetil André Aamodt (1971). After her are Tormod Knutsen (1932), Reidar Andersen (1911), Inger Aufles (1941), Ivar Formo (1951), Sigmund Ruud (1907), and Vegard Ulvang (1963).

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