WRITER

Aksel Sandemose

1899 - 1965

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Aksel Sandemose (né Axel Nielsen; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965) was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aksel Sandemose has received more than 122,556 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Aksel Sandemose is the 1,503rd most popular writer (down from 1,243rd in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Danish Writer.

Aksel Sandemose is most famous for his novel, A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks, which is about a man who is born into a society that does not understand him.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vi pynter oss med horn
1977
Storme ved jævndøgn
1924
En flyktning krysser sitt spor
1936
Varulven
Fiction
The Werewolf is a boldly drawn novel of the tyranny of love over men and women and the unending trials of strength between good and evil in human nature. Its main characters are of heroic stature yet deeply flawed, moving against the backdrop of Norwegian society from World War I to the 1960s. Over the novel broods the symbol of the Werewolf, which for Sandemose represents all the forces hostile to a full, free life--the thirst for power over others' lives, the lust to destroy what cannot be possessed or controlled. In their private encounters with the Werewolf, few can claim total victory. Sandemose's characters all bear the scars of lost battles.
1959
Som et neshorn med hjernebetennelse
1972
Ross Dane
1969
Dikteren og temaet
1973
En flyktning krysser sitt spor
Fiction
1936
Bakom står hin Onde og hoster så smått
1976
En sjømann går i land
1969
Varulven
Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Norway, fiction
1959
En flyktning krysser sitt spor
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aksel Sandemose ranks 1,503 out of 7,302. Before him are B. K. S. Iyengar, Nora Roberts, Georges Duhamel, Ibn al-Khatib, Elsa Beskow, and Guillaume de Lorris. After him are Henry de Montherlant, Jacopo Sannazaro, Olaus Petri, Jonas Mekas, George of Pisidia, and Louise Labé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Aksel Sandemose ranks 67. Before him are Nadezhda Mandelstam, Philipp Bouhler, Georges Bidault, Louis Chiron, Burt Munro, and Princess Margaretha of Sweden. After him are Yaakov Dori, Erwin Bowien, Adam Rainer, Emma Morano, Marcel Achard, and Raoul Salan. Among people deceased in 1965, Aksel Sandemose ranks 41. Before him are Lauri Törni, Sydney Chaplin, Clara Bow, Hans Knappertsbusch, Angelica Balabanoff, and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i. After him are Carl Oberg, Bernard Baruch, Henry A. Wallace, Chen Cheng, Hayato Ikeda, and Jesse Douglas.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Aksel Sandemose ranks 166 out of 1,032. Before him are Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Bent Larsen (1935), Preben Elkjær (1957), and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649). After him are Carl Bloch (1834), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), August Bournonville (1805), Thyra (800), and Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Aksel Sandemose ranks 16. Before him are N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Torben Ulrich (1928), and Adam Oehlenschläger (1779). After him are Ole Nydahl (1941), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kaj Munk (1898), Inger Christensen (1935), and Jeppe Aakjær (1866).

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