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Per Thorén

1885 - 1962

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Per Ludvig Julius Thorén (26 January 1885 – 5 January 1962) was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Games. In Europe, the half loop jump, a variation of the loop jump, was often referred to as the Thorén jump. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Per Thorén is the 49th most popular skater (up from 64th in 2019), the 685th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 779th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Per Thorén ranks 49 out of 483. Before him are Alain Calmat, Maxi Herber, Stien Kaiser, Eric Heiden, Tony Hawk, and Lily Kronberger. After him are Emília Rotter, Jeannette Altwegg, Andrée Brunet, Ede Király, Ken Henry, and Alexia Bryn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Per Thorén ranks 183. Before him are Duncan Grant, Lajos Tihanyi, Herman Sörgel, Albert Betz, Giovanni Martinelli, and Carl Goßler. After him are Charles Bacon, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Sophia Parnok, Heinrich Schomburgk, George Dole, and Saneatsu Mushanokōji. Among people deceased in 1962, Per Thorén ranks 146. Before him are Rudolf von Bünau, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Vladimir Sokoloff, Pontus Hanson, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, and Max Švabinský. After him are Raquel Meller, Jean Stern, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Fred Pentland, Purushottam Das Tandon, and Miklós Szabados.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Thorén ranks 685 out of 1,879. Before him are Ulf Ekman (1950), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Axel Grönberg (1918), Christer Fuglesang (1957), Magnus Wislander (1964), and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921). After him are Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Mona Sahlin (1957), Einar Englund (1916), Johan Jarlén (1880), Åke Johansson (1928), and Sven-Olov Sjödelius (1933).

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Among SKATERS In Sweden

Among skaters born in Sweden, Per Thorén ranks 4. Before him are Gillis Grafström (1893), Åke Seyffarth (1919), and Sigvard Ericsson (1930). After him are Göran Claeson (1945), Richard Johansson (1882), Jonny Nilsson (1943), Johnny Höglin (1943), and Nils van der Poel (1996).

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