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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1832 - 1910

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Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( BYURN-sən, Norwegian: [ˈbjø̂ːɳstjæːɳə ˈbjø̂ːɳsɔn]; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit". The first Norwegian Nobel laureate, he was a prolific polemicist and extremely influential in Norwegian public life and Scandinavian cultural debate. Bjørnson is considered to be one of the four great Norwegian writers, alongside Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson has received more than 1,021,837 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is the 1,102nd most popular writer (down from 216th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Norway (down from 17th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Bjørnson is most famous for his novel "Peer Gynt" and his play "A Doll's House."

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  • 89

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 1,102 out of 5,755. Before him are Pierre Larousse, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Elizabeth Gaskell, Lü Dongbin, Ethel Voynich, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki. After him are Martin Andersen Nexø, Alcman, Zenodotus, Lao She, Harry Harrison, and Waris Dirie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 22. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Ármin Vámbéry, Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Andrew Dickson White, and Osman Nuri Pasha. After him are Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Wilhelm Busch, Michel Bréal, Émile Gaboriau, Henry Steel Olcott, and Hudson Taylor. Among people deceased in 1910, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 29. Before him are Karl Lueger, Jean Moréas, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Carl Reinecke, and William Holman Hunt. After him are Albert Anker, William Huggins, Mikhail Vrubel, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Henri-Edmond Cross, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 58 out of 927. Before him are Haakon V of Norway (1270), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Gustav Vigeland (1869), Johan Halvorsen (1864), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), and Eric II of Norway (1268). After him are Ivar Giaever (1929), Christian Krohg (1852), Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Alexander Kielland (1849), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), and Erna Solberg (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 7. Before him are Henrik Ibsen (1828), Knut Hamsun (1859), Jo Nesbø (1960), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Ludvig Holberg (1684), and Ivar Aasen (1813). After him are Alexander Kielland (1849), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), and Trygve Gulbranssen (1894).

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