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Adam Oehlenschläger

1779 - 1850

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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (Danish pronunciation: [ˈɛːtɑm ˈkʌtlʌp ˈøˀln̩ˌsleːjɐ]; 14 November 1779 – 20 January 1850) was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Oehlenschläger has received more than 135,944 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Adam Oehlenschläger is the 1,492nd most popular writer (up from 1,830th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 30

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  • 2.67

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adam Oehlenschläger ranks 1,492 out of 7,302. Before him are Allen Carr, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Lord Alfred Douglas, Evelyn Waugh, Marianne Weber, and Heiner Müller. After him are Stéphane Hessel, Gil Vicente, Robert Jordan, Salvian, B. K. S. Iyengar, and Nora Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Adam Oehlenschläger ranks 13. Before him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Antoine-Henri Jomini, Thomas Moore, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, and Abd al-Rahman of Morocco. After him are Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, Lorenz Oken, Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Madeleine Sophie Barat, and Archduke Anton Victor of Austria. Among people deceased in 1850, Adam Oehlenschläger ranks 21. Before him are José Gervasio Artigas, Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Józef Bem, and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. After him are William Sturgeon, Vincent Pallotti, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, William Prout, Johann Gottfried Schadow, and John C. Calhoun.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Adam Oehlenschläger ranks 162 out of 1,032. Before him are Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), Verner Panton (1926), Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Rasmus Bartholin (1625), Paul Elvstrøm (1928), and Haakon III of Norway (1182). After him are Bent Larsen (1935), Preben Elkjær (1957), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Carl Bloch (1834), and Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Adam Oehlenschläger ranks 15. Before him are Tove Ditlevsen (1917), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), and Torben Ulrich (1928). After him are Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ole Nydahl (1941), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kaj Munk (1898), and Inger Christensen (1935).

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