WRITER

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

1956 - Today

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Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (born 20 May 1956) is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: Utsikt til paradiset (1993), Fugledansen (1995), Brødre i blodet (1996), and Elsk meg i morgen (1999). Brødre i blodet ("Blood brothers") was turned into a successful movie, entitled Elling, which received an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film category in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingvar Ambjørnsen has received more than 47,395 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ingvar Ambjørnsen is the 6,268th most popular writer (down from 5,327th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Norway (down from 391st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 47k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

23-salen
1981
Jesus står i porten
1988
Samson i Roberto
Animals, Children's stories, Norwegian, Fiction
2000
Brødre i blodet
1996
En lang natt på jorden
2007
Kjempene faller
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ingvar Ambjørnsen ranks 6,268 out of 7,302. Before him are Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Derek Taylor, Lauren Weisberger, Renata Viganò, Gita Mehta, and Athol Fugard. After him are George Farquhar, Howard Jacobson, Mah Laqa Bai, Róža Domašcyna, Lloyd C. Douglas, and Dorothy Wordsworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ingvar Ambjørnsen ranks 523. Before him are Stephanie Zimbalist, Shigemitsu Sudo, Kent Nilsson, Yodrak Salakjai, Darío Pereyra, and Jasna Kolar-Merdan. After him are Habiba Sarābi, Irene Khan, Rob Paulsen, Vladimír Godár, João Carlos, and Noga Alon.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ingvar Ambjørnsen ranks 524 out of 1,039. Before him are Sverre Sørsdal (1900), Alexander Sørloth (1995), Alf Martinsen (1911), Hakon Barfod (1926), Nora Mørk (1991), and Arne Nordheim (1931). After him are Ellen Nikolaysen (1951), Bjarne Johnsen (1892), Alfred Engelsen (1893), Bjarne Pettersen (1891), Fred Børre Lundberg (1969), and Odd Frantzen (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Ingvar Ambjørnsen ranks 73. Before him are Åsne Seierstad (1970), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), André Bjerke (1918), Kåre Holt (1916), and Kjell Ola Dahl (1958). After him are Kim Leine (1961), Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), Marit Paulsen (1939), Tron Øgrim (1947), Tor Ulven (1953), and Tom Egeland (1959).

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