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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

1818 - 1870

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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aasmund Olavsson Vinje has received more than 45,214 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Aasmund Olavsson Vinje is the 2,779th most popular writer (up from 3,448th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Norway (up from 199th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 2,779 out of 7,302. Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tang Xianzu, Alexandre Herculano, Sibilla Aleramo, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, and Varian Fry. After him are Josephine Tey, Larry Niven, Marion Chesney, Guido Guinizelli, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, and Carl Sandburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 59. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach, Jules Jamin, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Artúr Görgei, Heinrich Kiepert, and Amelia Bloomer. After him are Conrad of Parzham, Louis Faidherbe, Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Theodor Kullak, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, and Josip Filipović. Among people deceased in 1870, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 33. Before him are Justo José de Urquiza, Charles Xavier Thomas, Paul-Émile Botta, Arthur Saint-Léon, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Victor de Broglie. After him are Cesare Pugni, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Pieter Bleeker, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, and Princess Amalie of Saxony.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 167 out of 1,039. Before him are Sigurd Slembe (1100), Amalie Skram (1846), Birger Ruud (1911), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), and Petter Dass (1647). After him are Carl Anton Larsen (1860), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Edvard Moser (1962), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Berit Mørdre (1940), and Ole Ellefsæter (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 30. Before him are Karin Fossum (1954), Dag Solstad (1941), Anne Holt (1958), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Amalie Skram (1846), and Petter Dass (1647). After him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Hans Aanrud (1863), and Johan Borgen (1902).

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