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Lars Saabye Christensen

1953 - Today

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Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian / Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major role in his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Saabye Christensen has received more than 77,565 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Lars Saabye Christensen is the 3,642nd most popular writer (up from 3,939th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Norway (up from 261st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lars Saabye Christensen ranks 3,642 out of 5,755Before him are Antoine Furetière, Peter Bichsel, Sakyo Komatsu, Elaine May, Rube Goldberg, and George Washington Williams. After him are Jules Janin, Lesches, Murray Leinster, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Nikolay Ogarev, and Amado Nervo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Lars Saabye Christensen ranks 185Before him are Mitsuo Watanabe, Patrick Doyle, Steven Zaillian, René Houseman, Robert Wisdom, and Dieter Zetsche. After him are Dragan Kićanović, Kumba Ialá, Charles Martin Smith, Jacques Villeneuve, Taryn Power, and Sergey Mironov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Lars Saabye Christensen ranks 216 out of 927Before him are Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Kristian Prestrud (1881), Lars Korvald (1916), and Wenche Myhre (1947). After him are Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Harald Grønningen (1934), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Vicky Vette (1965), Helge Løvland (1890), and Skule Bårdsson (1189).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Lars Saabye Christensen ranks 39Before him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Per Petterson (1952), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Alf Prøysen (1914), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), and Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900). After him are Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Johan Turi (1854), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Johan Bojer (1872), and Karl Ove Knausgård (1968).