WRITER

Hans Jæger

1854 - 1910

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Hans Henrik Jæger (2 September 1854, Drammen, Norway – 8 February 1910, Oslo) was a Norwegian writer, philosopher and anarchist political activist who was part of the Oslo (then Kristiania)-based bohemian group known as the Kristiania Bohemians. In 1886 he was prosecuted for his book Fra Kristiania-bohêmen, then convicted and sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment and a fine of 80 kr for infringement of modesty and public morals, and for blasphemy. He also lost his position as a stenographer at the Parliament of Norway. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Jæger has received more than 122,666 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hans Jæger is the 4,650th most popular writer (up from 5,447th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Norway (up from 418th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Jæger ranks 4,650 out of 7,302. Before her are Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Sarah Kane, Grace Aguilar, Margarita Aliger, Thomas Middleton, and Mieke Bal. After her are Miljenko Jergović, Koji Suzuki, Nicholas Meyer, Constantin Negruzzi, Eudora Welty, and Joseph Roumanille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Hans Jæger ranks 93. Before her are Théodore Flournoy, Ruth Belville, Georges Eekhoud, Robert Borden, Adela Zamudio, and Marcel Brillouin. After her are Alexandru Marghiloman, Hermann von Stein, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Gerhard Louis De Geer, and Germán Riesco. Among people deceased in 1910, Hans Jæger ranks 86. Before her are Bertalan Székely, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Emil Zuckerkandl, Louis Henri Boussenard, Pierre Nord Alexis, and Georges de la Falaise. After her are Heinrich Caro, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Jacob Volhard, Vittoria Aganoor, Joaquim Nabuco, and Stamatios Nikolopoulos.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Hans Jæger ranks 291 out of 1,039. Before her are Trine Hattestad (1966), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Knut Johannesen (1933), Molla Mallory (1884), and Peder Balke (1804). After her are Eva Nansen (1858), Sigmund Ruud (1907), Jens Hundseid (1883), Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966), Knud Knudsen (1812), and Petter Solberg (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Hans Jæger ranks 55. Before her are Roy Jacobsen (1954), Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), and Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771). After her are Knud Knudsen (1812), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), and Kjartan Fløgstad (1944).

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