WRITER

Hallgrímur Helgason

1959 - Today

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Hallgrímur Helgason (born February 18, 1959) is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hallgrímur Helgason has received more than 50,432 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Hallgrímur Helgason is the 5,160th most popular writer (up from 5,362nd in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Iceland (up from 75th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Icelander Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tónmenntir
Music, Icelandic, Dictionaries
1980
101 Reykjavik
2002
Íslenzkar tónmenntir
Folk music, Folk songs, Icelandic, History and criticism
1980
Þetta er allt að koma
1994
101 Reykjavík
Social life and customs, Fiction
1996
Das Heldenlied auf Island
Folk music, Folk songs, Icelandic, History and criticism
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hallgrímur Helgason ranks 5,160 out of 7,302. Before him are Dagny Carlsson, Sufia Kamal, Vera Henriksen, Ismat Chughtai, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, and José María de Pereda. After him are Ludwig Thoma, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, Peter Härtling, Richard Powers, Viktoriya Tokareva, and Elizabeth Goudge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Hallgrímur Helgason ranks 280. Before him are John Hawkes, Roland Grapow, Panagiotis Giannakis, Kevin Gage, Ameenah Gurib, and Hennadiy Kernes. After him are Jim Kerr, Beth Broderick, Juan José Campanella, Peter Doig, Vladimir Yashchenko, and Thomas Allofs.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Hallgrímur Helgason ranks 63 out of 190. Before him are Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), and Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954). After him are Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969), and Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Hallgrímur Helgason ranks 20. Before him are Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), and Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954). After him are Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Snorri Hjartarson (1906), Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Sjón (1962), and Jónína Leósdóttir (1954).

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