WRITER

Kjell Westö

1961 - Today

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Kjell Westö (born 6 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Westö has received more than 45,597 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Westö is the 5,496th most popular writer (down from 4,910th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Finland (down from 287th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Finnish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Westö ranks 5,496 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriele Kuby, Antonine Maillet, Guerra Junqueiro, Amy Tan, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, and Francis Marion Crawford. After him are Jacques Audiberti, Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Julia Balbilla, Christian Lassen, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Kjell Westö ranks 318. Before him are Iñigo Urkullu, Josimar, Yelena Davydova, Hari Varešanović, Yordanka Donkova, and Laurel Clark. After him are Boško Gjurovski, Steven Moffat, Cédric Klapisch, Takao Kobayashi, Simon West, and Yoshimasa Hayashi.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kjell Westö ranks 335 out of 751. Before him are Claes Andersson (1937), Veli Saarinen (1902), Paavo Yrjölä (1902), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kaija Mustonen (1941), and Antero Kivi (1904). After him are Juice Leskinen (1950), Ville Pörhölä (1897), Yrjö Hietanen (1927), Lauri Ylönen (1979), Eeles Landström (1932), and Uma Aaltonen (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Finland

Among writers born in Finland, Kjell Westö ranks 29. Before him are Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), Märta Tikkanen (1935), Rosa Liksom (1958), Antti Tuuri (1944), Sam Lake (1970), and Tua Forsström (1947). After him are Uma Aaltonen (1940), Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (1830), Katri Vala (1901), Leena Krohn (1947), Hannu Salama (1936), and Monika Fagerholm (1961).

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