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Einar Benediktsson

1864 - 1940

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Einar Benediktsson, often referred to as Einar Ben (31 October 1864 – 12 January 1940) was an Icelandic poet and lawyer. Einar Benediktsson's poetry was a significant contribution to the nationalistic revival which led to Iceland's independence. To this end, he was active both in founding the Landvarnarflokkurinn in 1902, and as the editor of Iceland's first daily newspaper, Dagskrá, from 1896 to 1898. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Einar Benediktsson has received more than 37,277 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Einar Benediktsson is the 4,456th most popular writer (down from 4,083rd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 47th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Einar Benediktsson ranks 4,456 out of 7,302. Before him are Sāyaṇa, Ariel Dorfman, Gudrun Pausewang, Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Myrdal, and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani. After him are Helen Thomas, Dai Sijie, Sakina Akhundzadeh, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Joe Abercrombie, and Ava.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Einar Benediktsson ranks 126. Before him are Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Charles Dawson, Kamini Roy, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Alfred Roller, and Victor Bérard. After him are Aleksey Shakhmatov, Sergei Zubatov, Stéphane Javelle, John Henry Davies, Alfred John Keene, and Herman Heijermans. Among people deceased in 1940, Einar Benediktsson ranks 133. Before him are Charles de Broqueville, Albert Richter, Phoebus Levene, Nikola Ivanov, Adam Zamenhof, and Gheorghe Argeșanu. After him are Otto Toeplitz, Agnes Ayres, Xhafer Ypi, Paul Passy, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, and Saint-Pol-Roux.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Einar Benediktsson ranks 53 out of 190. Before him are Jón Leifs (1899), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Saint Thorlak (1133), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), and Eggert Ólafsson (1726). After him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hermann Jónasson (1896), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Einar Benediktsson ranks 16. Before him are Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), and Eggert Ólafsson (1726). After him are Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), and Snorri Hjartarson (1906).

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