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Svend Asmussen

1916 - 2017

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Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing-style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many other notable jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Svend Asmussen is the 956th most popular musician (up from 1,011th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 379th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Svend Asmussen ranks 956 out of 3,175. Before him are Âşık Veysel, Benny Benassi, Arvīds Jansons, John Norum, Karl Bartos, and Peter Maxwell Davies. After him are D'arcy Wretzky, Auguste Franchomme, Jeff Hanneman, Eric Dolphy, Valery Afanassiev, and Jorge Bolet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Svend Asmussen ranks 142. Before him are Halil İnalcık, Alexey Maresyev, Bismillah Khan, Wan Li, Benjamin Libet, and Anton Diffring. After him are Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, Charlie Christian, Rong Yiren, Robert H. Dicke, and Julian Rotter. Among people deceased in 2017, Svend Asmussen ranks 242. Before him are Mervyn Rose, Michael Ballhaus, Márta Rudas, Klaus Huber, Gregg Allman, and Al Lawrence. After him are Marita Lindahl, Feliciano Rivilla, Max Gallo, Hilarion Capucci, Ludvig Faddeev, and Christine Keeler.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Svend Asmussen ranks 349 out of 1,032. Before him are Edgar Aabye (1865), Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Knud Enemark Jensen (1936), Ghita Nørby (1935), Erik Balling (1924), and Georg Mohr (1640). After him are Ludvig Lorenz (1829), Lis Hartel (1921), Peter Freuchen (1886), Søren Kam (1921), Inge Sørensen (1924), and Willy Hansen (1906).

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Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Svend Asmussen ranks 6. Before him are Victor Borge (1909), Lars Ulrich (1963), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Jacob Gade (1879), and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946). After him are Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), Kai Winding (1922), John Tchicai (1936), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), and Trentemøller (1972).

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