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Gunnar Gunnarsson

1889 - 1975

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Gunnar Gunnarsson (18 May 1889 – 21 November 1975) was an Icelandic author who wrote mainly in Danish. He grew up, in considerable poverty, on Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur valley and on Ljótsstaðir in Vopnafjörður. During the first half of 20th century he became one of the most popular novelists in Denmark and Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Gunnarsson has received more than 70,446 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Gunnar Gunnarsson is the 1,480th most popular writer (down from 1,342nd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 12th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 57.81

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gunnar Gunnarsson ranks 1,480 out of 5,755. Before him are Christine Nöstlinger, Ion Creangă, Jack Vance, Ildefonsus, Károly Kerényi, and Akka Mahadevi. After him are William Carlos Williams, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Michel Verne, Maria Valtorta, Hugo Claus, and Erle Stanley Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Gunnar Gunnarsson ranks 59. Before him are Li Dazhao, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Pfeffer, Hannah Höch, María Capovilla, and Richard Glücks. After him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Erle Stanley Gardner, Harry Nyquist, Takeo Kurita, Zoltán Tildy, and Alexander Vertinsky. Among people deceased in 1975, Gunnar Gunnarsson ranks 56. Before him are Luigi Dallapiccola, Edward Tatum, Thornton Wilder, Ivan Maisky, Hans Bellmer, and Marguerite Perey. After him are Eugen Fink, Walker Evans, Joseph Bech, Al Lettieri, Guy Mollet, and Per Wahlöö.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gunnar Gunnarsson ranks 13 out of 180. Before him are Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811). After him are Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Jón Arason (1484), and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Gunnar Gunnarsson ranks 4. Before him are Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), and Egill Skallagrímsson (904). After him are 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).

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