1908 - 1981
Geirr Tveitt (born Nils Tveit; 19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geirr Tveitt has received more than 61,773 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geirr Tveitt is the 1,231st most popular composer (down from 885th in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from Norway (down from 225th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Composer.
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Among composers, Geirr Tveitt ranks 1,231 out of 1,216. Before him are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ernest Gold, Virgil Thomson, Fartein Valen, Pascal Dusapin, and Walter Susskind. After him are Lowell Mason, Shivkumar Sharma, Alexandre Levy, Jocelyn Pook, Christopher Young, and Toshio Hosokawa.
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,225
1921 - 1999
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 1,226
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 1,227
1887 - 1952
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 1,228
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,229
1913 - 1980
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,230
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,231
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,232
1938 - 2022
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,233
1864 - 1892
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 1,234
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,235
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 1,236
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,237
Among people born in 1908, Geirr Tveitt ranks 325. Before him are Albert Scherrer, Kaarlo Tuominen, Luis Pérez, Alberto Zozaya, Jacob Bronowski, and Marcel Pinel. After him are Maximos V Hakim, Paula Mollenhauer, František Douda, John Doeg, György Bródy, and Isaak Kikoin. Among people deceased in 1981, Geirr Tveitt ranks 215. Before him are Jakob Bender, Oumarou Ganda, David Garnett, Alberto Zozaya, Boris Sagal, and Rudolf Viertl. After him are Sam Jones, Harvey Fletcher, Wanda Hendrix, Stefanie Clausen, Ella Hall, and Paolo Mazza.
1908 - 1986
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 319
1908 - 2006
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 320
1908 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 321
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 322
1908 - 1974
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 323
1908 - 1968
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 324
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 325
1908 - 2001
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 326
1908 - 1988
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 327
1908 - 1990
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 328
1908 - 1978
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 329
1908 - 1967
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 330
1908 - 1984
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 331
1910 - 1981
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 209
1935 - 1981
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 210
1892 - 1981
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 211
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 212
1923 - 1981
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 213
1902 - 1981
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 214
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 215
1924 - 1981
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 216
1884 - 1981
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 217
1928 - 1981
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 218
1900 - 1981
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 219
1896 - 1981
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 220
1901 - 1981
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 221
Among people born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 401 out of 927. Before him are Ernst Larsen (1926), Berit Aunli (1956), Emil Stang (1834), Johannes Thingnes Bø (1993), Arne Bendiksen (1926), and Arne Halse (1887). After him are Georg Selenius (1884), Harald Strøm (1897), Erling Evensen (1914), Martin Ødegaard (1998), Hanne Krogh (1956), and Gunnar Knudsen (1848).
1926 - 2015
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 395
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 396
1834 - 1912
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 397
1993 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 398
1926 - 2009
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 399
1887 - 1975
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 400
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 401
1884 - 1924
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 402
1897 - 1977
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 403
1914 - 1998
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 404
1998 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 405
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 406
1848 - 1928
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 407
Among composers born in Norway, Geirr Tveitt ranks 10. Before him are Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), and Fartein Valen (1887). After him are Klaus Egge (1906), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Ola Gjeilo (1978), and Marcus Paus (1979).
1856 - 1941
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 5
1897 - 1992
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 6
1915 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 7
1815 - 1868
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 8
1887 - 1952
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 9
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 10
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 12
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.14
Rank: 13
1979 - Present
HPI: 26.74
Rank: 14