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Jónas Hallgrímsson

1807 - 1845

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Jónas Hallgrímsson (16 November 1807 – 26 May 1845) was an Icelandic poet, writer and naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic journal Fjölnir, which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835. The magazine was used by Jónas and his fellow Fjölnismenn to promote Icelandic nationalism, in the hope of giving impetus to the Icelandic Independence Movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jónas Hallgrímsson has received more than 90,779 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jónas Hallgrímsson is the 2,599th most popular writer (up from 2,861st in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 26th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Notable Works

Ljóðaperlur
1996
Ljóð og lausamál
1989
Ritverk Jónasar Hallgrímssonar
1989
Náttúran og landið
Description and travel
1989
Kvædi og sögur
1980
Kvæđi og sögur
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 2,599 out of 7,302. Before him are Boris Pilnyak, Gerald Gardner, Emma Orczy, Friedrich von Lütke, Édouard Glissant, and Apion. After him are Mariana Alcoforado, George Whitefield, Ubayd Zakani, Géza Gárdonyi, Paschasius Radbertus, and Banana Yoshimoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 26. Before him are Aloysius Bertrand, Amir Kabir, Thiệu Trị, Hermann Burmeister, Napoleon Orda, and Auguste Laurent. After him are Jane Digby, Robert Blum, Joseph Decaisne, Arnold Henry Guyot, Adrien-François Servais, and Ignatius Brianchaninov. Among people deceased in 1845, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 20. Before him are Simon Mayr, Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Nikoloz Baratashvili, and George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Rafael Urdaneta, Christian Frederik Hansen, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Henrik Steffens, and Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 27 out of 190. Before him are Magnús Scheving (1964), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932). After him are Thorvald Eiriksson (972), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Erró (1932), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), and Geir Haarde (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 11. Before him are Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932). After him are Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Benediktsson (1864), and Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963).

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