WRITER

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 66,330 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jørgen Moe is the 2,065th most popular writer (up from 2,410th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Norway (up from 130th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

East of the Sun and West of the Moon
2014
Dikt og prosa
1968
Norwegian Folk Tales
1994
NORSKE FOLKEEVENTYR
Fairy tales
1995
A Time for Trolls
Fairy tales
Two Norwegians, P.C. Asbjornsen and Jorgen Moe, collected folk tales and published them from 1837-1871. Here are selections from those collections.
1992

Page views of Jørgen Moes by language

Over the past year Jørgen Moe has had the most page views in the with 8,080 views, followed by Swedish (2,430), and German (1,709). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (199.14%), Esperanto (191.04%), and Estonian (65.04%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørgen Moe ranks 2,065 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergio Badilla Castillo, Marcellinus Comes, Keigo Higashino, Kyōka Izumi, Oscar Milosz, and Honoré d'Urfé. After him are Nikolay Dobrolyubov, Vladimír Clementis, Nihal Atsız, Rahel Varnhagen, Julius Firmicus Maternus, and Ludwig Uhland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Jørgen Moe ranks 26. Before him are Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Juan Pablo Duarte, James Dwight Dana, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Jean Stas, and Matthias Castrén. After him are Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Auguste Maquet, Frédéric Ozanam, Pōmare IV, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, and Agostino Depretis. Among people deceased in 1882, Jørgen Moe ranks 33. Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Joachim Raff, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Alfred Escher, Anthony Trollope, and Estanislao Figueras. After him are Thomas Hill Green, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, John Nelson Darby, Georges Leclanché, and Berthold Auerbach.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jørgen Moe ranks 115 out of 1,039. Before him are Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283), Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Einar Thambarskelfir (980), Haakon II of Norway (1147), and Ole Bull (1810). After him are Kåre Willoch (1928), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Martin Vahl (1749), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), and Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jørgen Moe ranks 17. Before him are Alexander Kielland (1849), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Jonas Lie (1833), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), and Henrik Wergeland (1808). After him are Dagny Juel (1867), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Johan Bojer (1872), Margit Sandemo (1924), and Per Petterson (1952).

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