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 188,726 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jørn Lier Horst is the 5,272nd 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

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Operacja Człowiek w Czerni
2015
Closed for winter
Murder, Police, Investigation
"Ove Bakkerud, newly separated and extremely disillusioned, is looking forward to a final quiet weekend at his summer home before closing for winter but, when the tourists leave, less welcome visitors arrive. Bakkerud's cottage is ransacked by burglars. Next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death. Police Inspector William Wisting has witnessed grotesque murders before, but the desperation he sees in this latest murder is something new. Against his wishes his daughter Line decides to stay in one of the summer cottages at the mouth of the fjord. Wisting's unease does not diminish when they discover several more corpses on the deserted archipelago. Meanwhile, dead birds are dropping from the sky" --
2013
Dregs
William, Wisting (Fictitious character), Fiction, Police
Chief Inspector William Wisting is an experienced policeman familiar with the dark side of human nature.He lives in challenging times for the Norwegian police force, meeting them with integrity and humanity, and a fragile belief that he can play a part in creating a better world.Dregs begins with a police report giving the place and time of the discovery of a training shoe washed up on the sand, containing a severed foot. Soon a second shoe is washed up, but it is another left foot. What is the explanation for this? Has there been some kind of terrible accident at sea?Does it indicate the killing and dismembering of two victims? Is there a link with the unsolved mystery of a number of disappearances in the Larvik area in recent months? In this gripping police procedural, Wisting gradually gets to the bottom of the mystery with the help of his all too human colleagues and his journalist daughter, Line.
2011
Operacja Burzowa Chmura
2015
Dregs
Police, Fiction, Crime, fiction
"Meet Chief Inspector William Wisting, an experienced policeman who is familiar with the dark side of human nature. He lives in challenging times for the Norwegian police force, meeting them with integrity and humanity, and a fragile belief that he can play a part in creating a better world"--Publisher's website.
2011
Death Deserved
2020

Page views of Jørn Lier Horsts by language

Over the past year Jørn Lier Horst has had the most page views in the with 30,283 views, followed by English (21,121), and Polish (10,143). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (191.66%), Danish (72.26%), and Egyptian Arabic (30.41%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jørn Lier Horst ranks 5,272 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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