1947 - Today
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 5 million books in 26 countries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Staalesen has received more than 60,485 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Staalesen is the 3,297th most popular writer (down from 2,406th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Norway (down from 145th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Norwegian Writer.
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Among writers, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 3,297 out of 5,755. Before him are William Langland, Marcin Kromer, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Luciano De Crescenzo, Nancy Mitford, and William Cowper. After him are Milán Füst, Adam of Saint Victor, William Steig, Andrei Bitov, Glückel of Hameln, and Ulf Stark.
1332 - 1386
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 3,291
1512 - 1589
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,292
1822 - 1847
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,293
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 3,294
1904 - 1973
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,295
1731 - 1800
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,296
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,297
1888 - 1967
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,298
1122 - 1192
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3,299
1907 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3,300
1937 - 2018
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3,301
1646 - 1724
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3,302
1944 - 2017
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 3,303
Among people born in 1947, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 289. Before him are Andrew Blake, Shelley Hack, Sally Oldfield, João Braz de Aviz, Dawoud Rajiha, and Uli Edel. After him are Sylvester, Pascal Lamy, Joe Morton, Jean Echenoz, Bernard Giraudeau, and Andréa Ferréol.
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 283
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 284
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 285
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 286
1947 - 2012
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 287
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 288
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 289
1947 - 1988
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 290
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 291
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 292
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 293
1947 - 2010
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 294
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 295
Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 186 out of 927. Before him are Sigurd Hoel (1890), Otto Ruge (1882), Jens Munk (1579), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), and Einar Gerhardsen (1897). After him are Oda Krohg (1860), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Haakon the Young (1232), Per Petterson (1952), Egil Danielsen (1933), and Jacob Aall (1773).
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 180
1882 - 1961
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 181
1579 - 1628
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 182
1886 - 1973
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 183
1742 - 1785
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 184
1897 - 1987
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 185
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 186
1860 - 1935
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 187
1847 - 1907
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 188
1232 - 1257
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 189
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 190
1933 - 2019
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 191
1773 - 1844
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 192
Among writers born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 33. Before him are Camilla Collett (1813), Johan Borgen (1902), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Amalie Skram (1846), Sigurd Hoel (1890), and Johan Herman Wessel (1742). After him are Per Petterson (1952), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Alf Prøysen (1914), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), and Lars Saabye Christensen (1953).
1813 - 1895
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 27
1902 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 28
1120 - 1188
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 29
1846 - 1905
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 30
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 31
1742 - 1785
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 32
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 33
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 34
1818 - 1870
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 35
1914 - 1970
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 36
1899 - 1990
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 37
900 - 1000
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 38
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 39