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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 112,153 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hans Jæger is the 5,466th most popular writer (down from 3,507th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Norway (down from 235th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 17

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  • 2.86

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  • 2.93

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Jæger ranks 5,466 out of 5,755Before her are Kjell Espmark, Mary Oliver, Philip Agee, Lydie Salvayre, Vincenzo Consolo, and Gerrit Achterberg. After her are Per Wästberg, Wajdi Mouawad, Uma Aaltonen, Terence Rattigan, Julia Alvarez, and W. S. Merwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Hans Jæger ranks 102Before her are Jan Sztolcman, Hermann Oldenberg, Aristarkh Belopolsky, Giuseppe Veronese, William C. Gorgas, and Gottlieb Haberlandt. After her are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Birt Acres, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, George Whitefield Chadwick, Queenie Newall, and Edward Carson. Among people deceased in 1910, Hans Jæger ranks 87Before her are Zdenko Hans Skraup, Octave Chanute, Boyd Alexander, Granville Woods, Georges de la Falaise, and Nikolaos Deligiannis. After her are Hugo Erdmann, John La Farge, Melville Fuller, George Newnes, John G. Carlisle, and George Henry Williams.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Hans Jæger ranks 419 out of 927Before her are Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883), Christopher Hornsrud (1859), Hans Beyer (1889), Sigvard Sivertsen (1881), Åsne Seierstad (1970), and Lene Marlin (1980). After her are Ellen Nikolaysen (1951), Odd Frantzen (1913), Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (1961), Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Abraham Berge (1851), and Anneke von der Lippe (1964).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Hans Jæger ranks 68Before her are Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), Kjell Ola Dahl (1958), and Åsne Seierstad (1970). After her are Kåre Holt (1916), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Tom Egeland (1959), Kim Leine (1961), Hanne Ørstavik (1969), and Tor Ulven (1953).