WRITER

Jørn Lier Horst

1970 - Today

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Jørn Lier Horst (born 27 February 1970) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction and a former Senior Investigating Officer at Vestfold police district. His books have been published in over 40 countries and have sold more than ten million copies. Horst made his writing debut in 2004 with Key Witness, based on a true murder story. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørn Lier Horst has received more than 209,151 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jørn Lier Horst is the 5,273rd most popular writer (down from 5,234th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Norway (up from 374th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 5,273 out of 7,302. Before him are Idea Vilariño, Anna Świrszczyńska, Vladimir Makanin, Alexis, Chester Himes, and Jamaica Kincaid. After him are Bahaa Taher, Holly Black, Takashi Tezuka, Armand Lanoux, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and James Dashner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 175. Before him are Samantha Mathis, Marc Rosset, Abelardo Fernández, Michael Rapaport, Jason Gray-Stanford, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. After him are David James, Peta Wilson, Paco Jémez, Louis Koo, Michael Shanks, and Jason Orange.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 355 out of 1,039. Before him are Jan Axel Blomberg (1969), Stein Eriksen (1927), Rune Bratseth (1961), Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo (1961), Jon Ola Sand (1961), and Hans Beyer (1889). After him are Sverre Stenersen (1926), Nils Petter Molvær (1960), Paul Egede (1708), Lene Nystrøm (1973), Charles Mathiesen (1911), and Nils Eriksen (1911).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 64. Before him are Arnulf Øverland (1889), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Inger Hagerup (1905), and Vera Henriksen (1927). After him are Johan Falkberget (1879), Christian Lassen (1800), Åsne Seierstad (1970), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), and André Bjerke (1918).

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