WRITER

Kjell Ola Dahl

1958 - Today

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Kjell Ola Dahl (born 4 February 1958) is a Norwegian writer, who is sometimes known professionally as K. O. Dahl. His writing career began with the publishing of Dødens Investeringer (Lethal Investments) in 1993 and he has subsequently authored more than a dozen novels, many short stories, several non-fiction books, and co-written two screenplays with the writer/director Hisham Zaman. He is best known for his eleven Nordic noir crime novels which feature his Oslo detectives Frølich and Gunnarstranda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Ola Dahl has received more than 34,065 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Ola Dahl is the 6,071st most popular writer (down from 5,408th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Norway (down from 411th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.88

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  • 1.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 6,071 out of 7,302. Before him are John Perry Barlow, Vittorio Arrigoni, Artur Adson, Emine Semiye Önasya, David Simon, and Peter Matthiessen. After him are Jean Rouaud, Antonín Sova, Dmitry Bykov, John Greenleaf Whittier, Thomas Traherne, and Nedim Gürsel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 431. Before him are Vicki Peterson, Jean-Marc Aveline, Wendie Jo Sperber, Frank Ullrich, Tsetska Tsacheva, and Angela Hewitt. After him are John Aldridge, Norovyn Altankhuyag, Aleksei Guskov, Tony Cox, Patricia Espinosa, and Raja Gosnell.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 475 out of 1,039. Before him are Ane Dahl Torp (1975), Eirik Kvalfoss (1959), Robert Sjursen (1891), Frode Grodås (1964), Halvdan Koht (1873), and Leonhard Stejneger (1851). After him are Lene Marlin (1980), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004), Sigvard Sivertsen (1881), Otto Blehr (1847), Kaci Kullmann Five (1951), and Inger Helene Nybråten (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kjell Ola Dahl ranks 72. Before him are Christian Lassen (1800), Åsne Seierstad (1970), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), André Bjerke (1918), and Kåre Holt (1916). After him are Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956), Kim Leine (1961), Steve Sem-Sandberg (1958), Marit Paulsen (1939), Tron Øgrim (1947), and Tor Ulven (1953).

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