WRITER

Karl Ove Knausgård

1968 - Today

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Karl Ove Knausgård (Norwegian: [kɑːl ˈûːvə ˈknæ̂ʉsɡoːr]; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled My Struggle (Min Kamp). The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations".Since the completion of the My Struggle series in 2011, he has also published an autobiographical series entitled The Seasons Quartet, as well as critical work on the art of Edvard Munch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Ove Knausgård has received more than 1,471,281 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Karl Ove Knausgård is the 3,350th most popular writer (up from 3,908th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Norway (up from 239th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

La muerte del padre
2012
A time for everything
2009
Boyhood Island
2014
Ute av verden
1998
La isla de la infancia
2015
En tid for alt
2004

Page views of Karl Ove Knausgårds by language

Over the past year Karl Ove Knausgård has had the most page views in the with 157,665 views, followed by German (45,378), and Swedish (31,646). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (773.02%), Basque (75.47%), and Japanese (31.78%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 3,350 out of 7,302. Before him are Francesco de Sanctis, David Crystal, Isaac Casaubon, Cornelis Tromp, Valerius Antias, and John Ford. After him are Eysteinn Erlendsson, Morgan Robertson, Bernardo Guimarães, Carmen Laforet, Rhianus, and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 97. Before him are Talant Duyshebaev, Lila Downs, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Martin Dahlin, Aidan Gillen, and Gary Coleman. After him are Évariste Ndayishimiye, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ramush Haradinaj, and Raghad Hussein.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 206 out of 1,039. Before him are Jacob Aall (1773), Jan P. Syse (1930), Nora Brockstedt (1923), Toralf Engan (1936), Fred Anton Maier (1938), and Sonja Wigert (1913). After him are Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Laila Schou Nilsen (1919), John Norum (1964), Torbjørn Falkanger (1927), and Haakon the Young (1232).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Karl Ove Knausgård ranks 38. Before him are Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Hans Aanrud (1863), Johan Borgen (1902), and Sigurd Hoel (1890). After him are Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Hulda Garborg (1862), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Johan Turi (1854), and Alf Prøysen (1914).

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