WRITER

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. His engagement to Märtha Louise sparked additional interest in the book, and by 2020 it had sold a total of nearly 100,000 copies since publication. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ari Behn has received more than 1,450,866 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ari Behn is the 3,864th most popular writer (up from 4,032nd in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 390th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Danish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Trist som faen
1999
Entusiasme og raseri
2006

Page views of Ari Behns by language

Over the past year Ari Behn has had the most page views in the with 143,915 views, followed by German (32,709), and Spanish (27,322). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (24.29%), Simple English (23.27%), and Korean (22.61%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ari Behn ranks 3,864 out of 7,302. Before him are Sven Lindqvist, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Herman Wouk, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, and William Hazlitt. After him are Yosef Haim Brenner, Grigor Parlichev, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Margaret Weis, Fleur Jaeggy, and Jean-Pierre Thiollet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Ari Behn ranks 103. Before him are Julie Benz, Aafia Siddiqui, Bae Yong-joon, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mia Hamm, and Gabriel Macht. After him are Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, Trine Dyrholm, Samantha Smith, Bang Si-hyuk, and Özcan Deniz. Among people deceased in 2019, Ari Behn ranks 249. Before him are Pedro Manfredini, Jacques Dupont, Jurica Jerković, Omero Antonutti, Sven Lindqvist, and Herman Wouk. After him are Nanni Galli, Don Bragg, Marlen Khutsiev, Donald Keene, Sid Haig, and Charles Gérard.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 383 out of 1,032. Before him are Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1947), Hans Ørberg (1920), Svend Asmussen (1916), Bodil Joensen (1944), Viggo Kampmann (1910), and Carl Lange (1834). After him are Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1778), Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Trine Dyrholm (1972), William Wain Prior (1876), and Julius Petersen (1839).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 37. Before him are Thorkild Hansen (1927), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), and Lise Nørgaard (1917). After him are Karin Michaëlis (1872), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Ole Lund Kirkegaard (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), and Peer Hultberg (1935).

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