WRITER

Egill Skallagrímsson

904 - 990

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Egil Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Egill Skallagrímsson [ˈeɣelː ˈskɑlːɑˌɡriːmsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈeijɪtl̥ ˈskatlaˌkrimsˌsɔːn]; c. 904 – c. 995) was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egill Skallagrímsson has received more than 497,491 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Egill Skallagrímsson is the 1,021st most popular writer (up from 1,025th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Writer.

Egill Skallagrímsson is most famous for his epic poem, The Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson.

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  • 500k

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  • 61.56

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hǫfuðlausn, Sonátorrek, Arinbjarnarkviða
1934
Hofuðlausn, Sonatorrek, Arinbjarnarkviða
1934

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 1,021 out of 7,302. Before him are Vasily Zhukovsky, Thomas De Quincey, André Bazin, August Kubizek, Mary Higgins Clark, and Shūsaku Endō. After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Guido Cavalcanti, Persius, Hrotsvitha, Marguerite Porete, and Benito Pérez Galdós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 904, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 2. Before him is Ælfweard of Wessex.  Among people deceased in 990, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 2. Before him is Theophanu. After him are Dunash ben Labrat, and Eyvindr skáldaspillir.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 10 out of 190. Before him are Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), and Bjarni Herjólfsson (966). After him are Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), and Arnaldur Indriðason (1961).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 3. Before him are Snorri Sturluson (1179), and Halldór Laxness (1902). After him are Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835).

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