WRITER

Knud Knudsen

1812 - 1895

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Knud Knudsen (January 6, 1812 – March 30, 1895) was a Norwegian educator, author, linguist and philologist, known as "The Father of Bokmål". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Knud Knudsen has received more than 6,596 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Knud Knudsen is the 4,699th most popular writer (down from 4,104th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Norway (down from 246th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Knud Knudsen ranks 4,699 out of 7,302. Before him are Mykola Zerov, Park Wan-suh, Mary McCarthy, Vera Panova, Edward Thomas, and George du Maurier. After him are Patrik Ouředník, Jonathan Carroll, Bo Goldman, John Mawe, Helene Hanff, and Alfredo Zitarrosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Knud Knudsen ranks 64. Before him are Izmail Sreznevsky, Francisco Coll Guitart, Julius Rietz, Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, Buenaventura Báez, and Samo Chalupka. After him are Auguste Duméril, Bertalan Szemere, Nicolae Crețulescu, Aleardo Aleardi, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, and Carl Edvard Rotwitt. Among people deceased in 1895, Knud Knudsen ranks 70. Before him are Silvestro Lega, Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Thomas Francis Wade, Friedrich Tietjen, and Heinrich von Sybel. After him are George Newbold Lawrence, Louise Otto-Peters, Gustav Spörer, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Bertha Valerius, and Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Knud Knudsen ranks 296 out of 1,039. Before him are Peder Balke (1804), Hans Jæger (1854), Eva Nansen (1858), Sigmund Ruud (1907), Jens Hundseid (1883), and Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966). After him are Petter Solberg (1974), Karoline Krüger (1970), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), Asbjørn Ruud (1919), Axel Thue (1863), and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Knud Knudsen ranks 56. Before him are Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Olav Aukrust (1883), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), and Hans Jæger (1854). After him are Jan Kjærstad (1953), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), and Inger Hagerup (1905).

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