WRITER

Arnulf Øverland

1889 - 1968

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Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnulf Øverland has received more than 61,932 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Arnulf Øverland is the 4,868th most popular writer (up from 5,101st in 2019), the 312th most popular biography from Norway (up from 340th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 47.95

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

I tjeneste hos ordene
1963
Sverd og kjerte
Norwegian Authors, Biography
1989
Møllerupgåsens liv og himmelfart og andre troverdige beretninger
1964
Essays
1994
En kjetters bekjennelser
1969
De hundrede fioliner
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arnulf Øverland ranks 4,868 out of 7,302. Before him are Konrad von Würzburg, Candy Barr, Fran Levstik, Alan Woods, Muriel Barbery, and María Martínez Sierra. After him are Boris Vasilyev, Eugénio de Andrade, Karel Sabina, Emmanuel Roblès, Dora Gabe, and Paul Louis Courier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Arnulf Øverland ranks 222. Before him are Carl Bertilsson, Richard O'Connor, Stanley Morison, Paul Deman, Giovanni Micheletto, and James L. Peters. After him are Ted Wilde, Fanny Durack, Walter Catlett, Stafford Cripps, Carl O. Sauer, and Dietrich Kraiss. Among people deceased in 1968, Arnulf Øverland ranks 182. Before him are Archie Mayo, Dan Duryea, Leo Sexton, Hertha Sponer, Cuno Hoffmeister, and Hugo Benioff. After him are Nick Adams, Giuseppe Lepori, Ellen Gleditsch, Amparo Poch y Gascón, Dorothy Holman, and Wendell Corey.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Arnulf Øverland ranks 312 out of 1,039. Before him are Gunnar Knudsen (1848), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Kristofer Hivju (1978), John Lyng (1905), Finn Ronne (1899), and Odd Lundberg (1917). After him are Johan Anker (1871), Oscar Torp (1893), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Anita Thallaug (1938), Isak Abrahamsen (1891), and Berit Aunli (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Arnulf Øverland ranks 58. Before him are Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Hans Jæger (1854), Knud Knudsen (1812), and Jan Kjærstad (1953). After him are Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Inger Hagerup (1905), Vera Henriksen (1927), and Jørn Lier Horst (1970).

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