WRITER

Gunnar Staalesen

1947 - Today

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Gunnar Staalesen (born 19 October 1947) is a Norwegian writer. He is a major figure in the Nordic noir crime fiction genre through his 19 novels featuring Varg Veum, a private detective in Bergen on the rainy west coast of Norway. The Varg Veum series has been praised as one of the best in modern crime fiction, and Staalesen has sold more than 4 million books in 24 countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Staalesen has received more than 66,453 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gunnar Staalesen is the 2,810th most popular writer (up from 3,285th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Norway (up from 185th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 66k

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  • 59.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 2,810 out of 7,302. Before him are Arthur Cravan, Moderata Fonte, Apostolo Zeno, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Louis of Granada, and Unica Zürn. After him are George Herbert, Branko Radičević, Luis Cernuda, Theodore Balsamon, Abraham Sutzkever, and John Webster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 256. Before him are Stefan Persson, Sogyal Rinpoche, Maria Farantouri, Su Tseng-chang, Mile Mrkšić, and Ray Wise. After him are William Atherton, Hitoshi Igarashi, Peter Strauss, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Dawoud Rajiha, and Robertino Loreti.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 169 out of 1,039. Before him are Birger Ruud (1911), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), Petter Dass (1647), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), and Carl Anton Larsen (1860). After him are Edvard Moser (1962), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Berit Mørdre (1940), Ole Ellefsæter (1939), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), and Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 31. Before him are Dag Solstad (1941), Anne Holt (1958), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Amalie Skram (1846), Petter Dass (1647), and Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818). After him are Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Hans Aanrud (1863), Johan Borgen (1902), and Sigurd Hoel (1890).

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