WRITER

Jens Bjørneboe

1920 - 1976

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Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization as a whole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Bjørneboe has received more than 100,924 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jens Bjørneboe is the 4,532nd most popular writer (down from 4,498th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Norway (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Epistler
Political and social views, Theater, Educational anthropology
1996
Haiene
1974
Stillheten
Fiction
1973
Frihetens øyeblikk
Anarchism, Authoritarianism, Fiction
1975
Kruttårnet
Criminal and dangerous Insane, Fiction, Mental illness
1969
Jonas
1955

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 4,532 out of 7,302. Before him are Quim Monzó, Timothy Zahn, Wen Yiduo, Norman Spinrad, Alan Bennett, and Gyula Illyés. After him are Juan Montalvo, M. Ageyev, Alexander Bek, Georges Courteline, Gamal El-Ghitani, and Jovan Rajić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 289. Before him are Helen Thomas, Richard N. Frye, Reginald Rose, Olga Orozco, Clemar Bucci, and Denver Pyle. After him are Chabuca Granda, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Jacques Noël, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Godfrey Binaisa, and Vincent Gardenia. Among people deceased in 1976, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 174. Before him are Markus Reiner, Zainul Abedin, Fritz Rasp, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Yashpal, and Marguerite Laugier. After him are Armas Taipale, Jimmy Reed, Alfred Landé, Taos Amrouche, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, and Stanley Baker.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 279 out of 1,039. Before him are Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Sigurd Haakonsson (895), Ståle Solbakken (1968), Erlend Loe (1969), Arne Bendiksen (1926), and Håkon Brusveen (1927). After him are Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Bernt Evensen (1905), Per Borten (1913), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Trine Hattestad (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jens Bjørneboe ranks 51. Before him are Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Olav Duun (1876), Roy Jacobsen (1954), and Erlend Loe (1969). After him are Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Hans Jæger (1854), Knud Knudsen (1812), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).

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