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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 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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  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 3,297 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 289Before 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.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 186 out of 927Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Gunnar Staalesen ranks 33Before 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).