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Jørgen Moe

1813 - 1882

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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a Norwegian folklorist, bishop, poet, and author. He is best known for the Norske Folkeeventyr, a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørgen Moe has received more than 67,057 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jørgen Moe is the 2,418th most popular writer (down from 2,000th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Norway (down from 121st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.96

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  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørgen Moe ranks 2,418 out of 5,755. Before him are Slavenka Drakulić, Henry Darger, Paul Goodman, Cornelia Funke, Tian Han, and Okakura Kakuzō. After him are Jojo Moyes, Patrick Pearse, Jung Chang, Moses ibn Ezra, Asconius Pedianus, and Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Jørgen Moe ranks 30. Before him are Frédéric Ozanam, Auguste Maquet, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Matthias Castrén, Pōmare IV, and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. After him are Frederick Scott Archer, Adolph Kolping, Agostino Depretis, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Camilla Collett, and Alexander Parkes. Among people deceased in 1882, Jørgen Moe ranks 40. Before him are John Nelson Darby, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, Berthold Auerbach, Friedrich von Lütke, and Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, Georges Leclanché, Charles J. Guiteau, François-Auguste Biard, John William Draper, and Đuro Daničić.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jørgen Moe ranks 130 out of 927. Before him are Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Magnus Carlsen (1990), Mari Boine (1956), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Nils Arne Eggen (1941), and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971). After him are Dagny Juel (1867), Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Margit Sandemo (1924), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Martin Vahl (1749), and Thorvald Asvaldsson (950).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jørgen Moe ranks 19. Before him are Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Jonas Lie (1833), Nordahl Grieg (1902), Arne Garborg (1851), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), and Henrik Wergeland (1808). After him are Dagny Juel (1867), Margit Sandemo (1924), Anne Holt (1958), Karin Fossum (1954), Petter Dass (1647), and Hans Aanrud (1863).

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