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WRITER

Jan Kjærstad

1953 - Today

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Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author. Kjærstad is a theology graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology and the University of Oslo (cand. theol.). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Kjærstad has received more than 43,743 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kjærstad is the 4,662nd most popular writer (down from 4,328th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Norway (up from 295th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Kjærstad ranks 4,662 out of 5,755. Before him are Wyndham Lewis, Margery Allingham, Fritz von Unruh, John Lyly, Oskar Pastior, and Helen Fielding. After him are Nigâr Hanım, Yambo Ouologuem, Jean Aicard, Jacques Audiberti, Muriel Barbery, and Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jan Kjærstad ranks 288. Before him are Elaine Chao, Lesley Nicol, Michael Portillo, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Steve Jackson, and Peter Schreyer. After him are Yuri Bashmet, Tony Carey, Dany Laferrière, Carole André, Gil Birmingham, and Angelo Parisi.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jan Kjærstad ranks 289 out of 927. Before him are Gunnar Sønsteby (1918), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Otto Sinding (1842), Gjermund Eggen (1941), and Olav Aukrust (1883). After him are Sverre Stenersen (1926), Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Hundseid (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Carl Størmer (1874), and Eva Nansen (1858).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jan Kjærstad ranks 54. Before him are Olav Duun (1876), Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Roy Jacobsen (1954), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Olav Aukrust (1883). After him are Linn Ullmann (1966), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), Johan Falkberget (1879), Inger Hagerup (1905), and Dag Solstad (1941).

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