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Martha Norelius

1909 - 1955

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Martha Maria Norelius (January 22, 1909 – September 25, 1955) was a Swedish-born American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in five different freestyle swimming events. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Norelius is the 33rd most popular swimmer (up from 64th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 870th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Martha Norelius ranks 33 out of 709. Before her are Allen Stack, Joan Harrison, John Arthur Jarvis, Henry Taylor, Arne Borg, and Bill Tuttle. After her are Otto Fahr, Đurđica Bjedov, Yoshi Oyakawa, Valéria Gyenge, Aileen Riggin, and Charles Daniels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Martha Norelius ranks 226. Before her are Wang Zhen, David Miller, Eva Justin, Vagn Holmboe, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Ferenc Fejtő. After her are Olivér Halassy, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Adolf Šimperský, Đorđe Vujadinović, Guillermo León Valencia, and Leo Sexton. Among people deceased in 1955, Martha Norelius ranks 111. Before her are Michele Besso, Jack McGrath, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Hamida Javanshir, William R. Orthwein, and Helena Roerich. After her are Ona Munson, Karl Hofer, František Janda-Suk, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Willi Baumeister, and Tom Moore.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Martha Norelius ranks 590 out of 1,879. Before her are Arne Borg (1901), Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833), Moa Martinson (1890), Gösta Dunker (1905), and Kikki Danielsson (1952). After her are Gustaf Fröding (1860), Johan Renck (1966), Elisabeth Söderström (1927), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Klas Ingesson (1968), and Henry Eriksson (1920).

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Among SWIMMERS In Sweden

Among swimmers born in Sweden, Martha Norelius ranks 2. Before her are Arne Borg (1901). After her are Pontus Hanson (1884), Åke Borg (1901), Greta Johansson (1895), Gunnar Larsson (1951), Sarah Sjöström (1993), Therese Alshammar (1977), Bengt Baron (1962), Lars Frölander (1974), Anders Holmertz (1968), and Anna-Karin Kammerling (1980).

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