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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 467,851 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Egill Skallagrímsson is the 1,027th most popular writer (down from 992nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Iceland 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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  • 470k

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  • 60.80

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 1,027 out of 5,755Before him are Julien Green, Derek Walcott, Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, and Ľudovít Štúr. After him are Shoko Asahara, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, John Malalas, and Will Durant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 904, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 2Before him is Ælfweard of Wessex.  Among people deceased in 990, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 2Before 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 9 out of 180Before him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), and Bjarni Herjólfsson (966). After him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), and Sæmundr fróði (1056).

Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Egill Skallagrímsson ranks 3Before him are Snorri Sturluson (1179) and Halldór Laxness (1902). After him are Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214).