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Jan Garbarek

1947 - Today

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Jan Garbarek (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɑːn ɡɑɾˈbɑ̀ːɾək]) (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian woman. He grew up in Oslo, stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Garbarek has received more than 473,353 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Jan Garbarek is the 337th most popular musician (up from 357th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 79th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Musician.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Garbarek ranks 337 out of 3,175. Before him are Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paul Landers, Franco Battiato, Johnny Ramone, John McLaughlin, and Fred Durst. After him are Alicia de Larrocha, Matteo Carcassi, Leonid Kogan, Peter Criss, Florian Schneider, and Robbie Robertson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jan Garbarek ranks 120. Before him are Youn Yuh-jung, Temple Grandin, Yukiya Amano, Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, and Gérard Houllier. After him are Rod Evans, Saskia Sassen, Marc Bolan, Florian Schneider, Noritaka Hidaka, and Miguel Ángel González Suárez.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jan Garbarek ranks 82 out of 1,039. Before him are Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Christian Michelsen (1857), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Sigurd the Crusader (1090). After him are Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Thorleif Haug (1894), Jonas Lie (1833), Axel Paulsen (1855), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Odvar Nordli (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In Norway

Among musicians born in Norway, Jan Garbarek ranks 1. After him are Varg Vikernes (1973), Ole Bull (1810), Euronymous (1968), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), John Norum (1964), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Rolf Løvland (1955), Magne Furuholmen (1962), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Terje Rypdal (1947), and Jan Axel Blomberg (1969).

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