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Ari Behn

1972 - 2019

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Ari Mikael Behn (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̀ːrɪ ˈbeːn]; né Bjørshol, pronounced [ˈbjø̀ːʂhuːl] or [ˈbjø̀ːʁshuːl]; 30 September 1972 – 25 December 2019) was a Norwegian author, playwright, and visual artist, best known for his marriage to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway from 2002 to 2017. He held no title or special status, and he remained a private citizen during the marriage. Known as Mikael Bjørshol until 1996, Behn achieved modest literary success with his 1999 short story collection Trist som faen ("Sad as hell") which received several favorable reviews in Norwegian newspapers, and which remains his best known work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ari Behn has received more than 1,460,322 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ari Behn is the 4,045th most popular writer (up from 4,108th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Denmark and the 34th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 1.5M

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  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ari Behn ranks 4,045 out of 5,755. Before him are Bel Kaufman, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Joe Abercrombie, Richard Hughes, Thomas Friedman, and Michael Morpurgo. After him are Teffi, Anna Gavalda, Lajos Kassák, Bolesław Leśmian, Janko Kráľ, and Mary McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ari Behn ranks 107. Before him are Steve McManaman, Gulnara Karimova, RedOne, Audrey Azoulay, Garou, and Leslie Mann. After him are Trine Dyrholm, Jason O'Mara, Christophe Dugarry, Sandra Kim, Alain Berset, and John Cho. Among people deceased in 2019, Ari Behn ranks 261. Before him are Vojtěch Jasný, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Anémone, Kornel Morawiecki, Ivan Dimitrov, and Isacio Calleja. After him are Emiliano Sala, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, María Baxa, Omero Antonutti, Hans Zender, and Paweł Adamowicz.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 392 out of 893. Before him are Lars Høgh (1959), Theodor Philipsen (1840), Lorenz Frølich (1820), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Johnny Hansen (1943), and William Wain Prior (1876). After him are Trine Dyrholm (1972), Johan Kjeldahl (1849), Charles Winckler (1867), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Albert Küchler (1803), and Carl Christian Hall (1812).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 34. Before him are Johannes Ewald (1743), Kjeld Abell (1901), Cecil Bødker (1927), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), and Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758). After him are Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Villy Sørensen (1929), Benny Andersen (1929), and Carsten Jensen (1952).

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