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Kim Leine

1961 - Today

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Kim Leine Rasmussen (b. 28 August 1961 in Seljord, Telemark) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes about Greenland. His books have been translated into twenty languages and won several prestigious literary prizes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Leine has received more than 39,350 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Leine is the 6,350th most popular writer (down from 5,902nd in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 520th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kim Leine ranks 6,350 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth Moon, Oscar Hijuelos, Frances Power Cobbe, Susan Hill, Ann Coulter, and Compton Mackenzie. After him are John Skelton, Mark Boal, Chris Hedges, Shin Kyung-sook, Damon Runyon, and James Truslow Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Kim Leine ranks 530. Before him are Pamela Melroy, Alan G. Poindexter, Sugao Kambe, Lynn Hill, Ann Coulter, and Pierre Habumuremyi. After him are Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Francesca Comencini, Daniela Santanchè, María Barranco, Sergei Gorlukovich, and Louis-Paul M'Fédé.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kim Leine ranks 542 out of 1,039. Before him are Frode Estil (1972), Charles Ericksen (1875), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (1990), Thomas Bergersen (1980), Heidi Løke (1982), and Geir Ivarsøy (1957). After him are Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (1961), Frode Johnsen (1974), Karsten Warholm (1996), Sophus Bugge (1833), Dag Otto Lauritzen (1956), and Finn Tveter (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kim Leine ranks 74. Before him are Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), André Bjerke (1918), Kåre Holt (1916), Kjell Ola Dahl (1958), and Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956). After him are Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), Marit Paulsen (1939), Tron Øgrim (1947), Tor Ulven (1953), Tom Egeland (1959), and Maja Lunde (1975).

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