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Sveinn Björnsson

1881 - 1952

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Sveinn Björnsson (Icelandic: [ˈsveitn̥ ˈpjœsːɔn]; 27 February 1881 – 25 January 1952) was the first president of Iceland, serving from 1944 to 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sveinn Björnsson is the 4,067th most popular politician (down from 1,234th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 47th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Danish Politician.

Sveinn Björnsson is most famous for being the first person to walk on the moon.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 4,067 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Intef III, Éamon de Valera, Donald III of Scotland, Tigellinus, and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I. After him are Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Dmitry Ustinov, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, György Dózsa, John Magufuli, and Emperor Xuan of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 48. Before him are Theodore von Kármán, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Ivan Ribar, Henry Maitland Wilson, Otto Bauer, and Carlo Carrà. After him are Emil Ludwig, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Lewis Fry Richardson, P. G. Wodehouse, Artur Phleps, and Nikolai Myaskovsky. Among people deceased in 1952, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 29. Before him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Charles Scott Sherrington, Hattie McDaniel, and Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria. After him are Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, Bedřich Hrozný, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Pedro Lascuráin, and Jack Parsons.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 129 out of 1,032. Before him are Niels Gade (1817), Anna Ancher (1859), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Prince George of Denmark (1653), and Harald Bohr (1887). After him are John Louis Emil Dreyer (1852), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Sveinn Björnsson ranks 57. Before him are Eric II of Denmark (1090), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573), Princess Thyra of Denmark (1853), Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), and Prince George of Denmark (1653). After him are Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Eric III of Denmark (1100), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943).

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