WRITER

Johan Sebastian Welhaven

1807 - 1873

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Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (22 December 1807 – 21 October 1873) was a Norwegian author, poet, critic, and art theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Sebastian Welhaven has received more than 50,812 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johan Sebastian Welhaven is the 5,879th most popular writer (down from 5,126th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Norway (down from 342nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Samlede digterverker
1943
Samlede Skrifter Af J. S. Welhaven
2022
Samlede verker
1990
Metaphysik i 100 [reproduction of Norwegian symbol for paragraphs]
Metaphysics
1965
Norges Dæmring
1972
Blomster og torner
2007

Page views of Johan Sebastian Welhavens by language

Over the past year Johan Sebastian Welhaven has had the most page views in the with 6,663 views, followed by German (1,008), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (857). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (136.41%), Belarusian (37.06%), and Swedish (24.26%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 5,879 out of 7,302. Before him are Justine Siegemund, Patrick Rambaud, Booth Tarkington, Stephen Leacock, Mark Strand, and Gen Urobuchi. After him are Kazimierz Brodziński, Eric Van Lustbader, R. A. Lafferty, Lyman Abbott, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, and Albert Maltz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 49. Before him are Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Jules Verreaux, Bernhard Horwitz, Wilford Woodruff, Robert McClure, and Emily Donelson. After him are Ira Aldridge, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Pieter Willem Korthals, Peter Hardeman Burnett, and David Rice Atchison. Among people deceased in 1873, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 77. Before him are John Torrey, Stephen Mallory, Per Georg Scheutz, George-Étienne Cartier, Charles Allston Collins, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco. After him are Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Sarah Moore Grimké, Tekle Giyorgis II, William J. Hardee, John W. Geary, and Hamilton Hume.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 441 out of 1,039. Before him are Sigurd Moen (1897), Henry Johansen (1904), Sverre Farstad (1920), Ferdinand Bie (1888), Aksel Lund Svindal (1982), and Emil Stang (1834). After him are Johan Sverdrup (1816), Peder Kolstad (1878), Frithjof Sælen (1892), André Bjerke (1918), Kristian Henriksen (1911), and Therese Johaug (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 69. Before him are Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Johan Falkberget (1879), Christian Lassen (1800), Åsne Seierstad (1970), and Vigdis Hjorth (1959). After him are André Bjerke (1918), Kåre Holt (1916), Kjell Ola Dahl (1958), Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), Kim Leine (1961), and Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958).

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