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Eggert Ólafsson

1726 - 1768

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Eggert Ólafsson (1 December 1726 – 30 May 1768) was an Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eggert Ólafsson has received more than 26,426 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eggert Ólafsson is the 4,419th most popular writer (down from 4,381st in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Iceland (up from 54th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Icelander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 49.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Travels in Iceland
Description and travel, Economic conditions, Natural history
1805
Des Vice-Lavmands Eggert Olafsens und des Landphysici Biarne Povelsens Reise durch Island ...
Natural history, Travel, Economic history
1774
Voyage en Islande
2023
Voyage en Islande
1802
Des vice-lavmands Eggert Olafsens und des Landphysici Biarne Povelsens reise durch Island
Natural history, Early works to 1800, Economic conditions
1774
Travels in Iceland
Natural history, Economic conditions, Description and travel
1805
Travels in Iceland
Description and travel, Economic conditions, Natural history
1805
Voyage en Islande
2023
Des vice-lavmands Eggert Olafsens und des Landphysici Biarne Povelsens reise durch Island
Natural history, Early works to 1800, Economic conditions
1774
Uppkast til forsagna um brúðkaupssiðu hér á landi
Marriage customs and rites
1999
Travels in Iceland
Natural history, Economic conditions, Description and travel
1805
Travels in Iceland performed 1752-1757 by order of his Danish majesty
Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Economic conditions
1975

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 4,419 out of 7,302. Before him are Janwillem van de Wetering, Raghunath Murmu, Mykola Kulish, Sara Lidman, Yuri Vizbor, and Gerbrand Bredero. After him are Stanislas Julien, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Adrienne Clarkson, Félix María de Samaniego, Norman Vincent Peale, and Besiki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 19. Before him are Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Charles Burney, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Katsukawa Shunshō, Gabriel François Doyen, and Alexander Kokorinov. After him are Jovan Rajić, Vasily Chichagov, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Thomas Pennant, Benjamin Harrison V, and George Wythe. Among people deceased in 1768, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 19. Before him are François de Cuvilliés, Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Robert Simson, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, and Princess Louisa of Great Britain. After him is George Hadley.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 52 out of 190. Before him are Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Jón Leifs (1899), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Saint Thorlak (1133), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963). After him are Einar Benediktsson (1864), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), and Hermann Jónasson (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson ranks 15. Before him are Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214). After him are Einar Benediktsson (1864), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), and Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888).

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