WRITER

Kjartan Fløgstad

1944 - Today

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Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjartan Fløgstad has received more than 44,157 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kjartan Fløgstad is the 5,107th most popular writer (up from 5,248th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Norway (up from 376th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 5,107 out of 7,302. Before him are Maria Aurèlia Capmany, Béla Illés, Nino Martoglio, George Borrow, Alexander Kazantsev, and Heinrich Zschokke. After him are Kiki Dimoula, Alan Dean Foster, Rafael Cadenas, György Faludy, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, and Jack Finney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 509. Before him are Caleb Deschanel, Ali Hatami, Florin Gheorghiu, Şerif Gören, Edith McGuire, and Chris Roberts. After him are John Njue, Peter Dietrich, Ron Harris, Joe Eszterhas, Leonard Slatkin, and George Graham.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 336 out of 1,039. Before him are Johan Ferner (1927), Simen Agdestein (1967), Tore André Flo (1973), Carl Størmer (1874), Anita Hegerland (1961), and Terje Rypdal (1947). After him are Inger Hagerup (1905), Lars Christensen (1884), Morten Tyldum (1967), Anne Stine Ingstad (1918), Vera Henriksen (1927), and Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 61. Before him are Hans Jæger (1854), Knud Knudsen (1812), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), and Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900). After him are Inger Hagerup (1905), Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Johan Falkberget (1879), Christian Lassen (1800), and Åsne Seierstad (1970).

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