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Dorothe Engelbretsdatter

1634 - 1716

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Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (16 January 1634 – 19 February 1716) was a Norwegian author. She principally wrote hymns and poems which were strongly religious. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothe Engelbretsdatter has received more than 26,794 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Dorothe Engelbretsdatter is the 3,878th most popular writer (down from 3,658th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Norway (down from 218th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ranks 3,878 out of 7,302. Before her are Shushanik Kurghinian, Nikolay Novikov, Arthur Waley, Maria Deraismes, William Congreve, and Laurens van der Post. After her are Karoline von Günderrode, Francis Davis Millet, Ömer Seyfettin, Anne Hébert, Dušan Kovačević, and Hjalmar Bergman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1634, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ranks 16. Before her are Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Balthasar Bekker, Thomas Kingo, Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, and Pasquier Quesnel. After her is John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön. Among people deceased in 1716, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ranks 14. Before her are Ogata Kōrin, Roger Cotes, Anthim the Iberian, Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Charles de La Fosse, and Banda Singh Bahadur. After her are Marfa Apraksina, and William Wycherley.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ranks 239 out of 1,039. Before her are Grímur Kamban (801), Kjetil André Aamodt (1971), Alf Prøysen (1914), Ingeborg of Norway (1301), Harald Sverdrup (1888), and John Arne Riise (1980). After her are Cort Adeler (1622), Nina Grieg (1845), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), and Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ranks 45. Before her are Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Johan Turi (1854), and Alf Prøysen (1914). After her are Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Olav Duun (1876), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Erlend Loe (1969), and Jens Bjørneboe (1920).

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