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Tollund Man

Iron Age bog body from Denmark that was hanged before death
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Summary

Tollund Man was born on 500 BC[1]. He ranks in the top 0.65% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,879 views/month, #6,514 of 1,000,298).[2]

Key Facts

  • Place of burial: Bjældskovdal[3]
  • Sex or gender: male[4]
  • Named after: Tollund[5]
  • Location of discovery: Bjældskovdal[6]
  • Commons category: Tollundmanden[7]
  • Cause of death: hanging to death[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: May 8, 1950[9]
  • Described by source: The Bog People[10]
  • Subject has role: bog body[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[12]

Why It Matters

Tollund Man has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] He is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . museumsilkeborg.dk. museumsilkeborg.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 47
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57891|batch #57891]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/5"
  2. 14w ago · Penguin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Tollund
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Tollund"
  3. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged license → —
    Image last checked license → —
    Described at url → —
    Cerl thesaurus id → cnp02386359
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/tollundsky-muz/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jark"
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