WRITER

Ludvig Holberg

1684 - 1754

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Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque. Holberg is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludvig Holberg has received more than 234,301 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Ludvig Holberg is the 491st most popular writer (up from 575th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Norway and the 7th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Ludvig Holberg is most famous for his satirical comedies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Moralske tanker
Epigrams, Ethics, Latin Epigrams
1744
Comedies
2004
Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum
Imaginary Voyages, Utopias, Early works to 1800
1741
Peder Paars
Accessible book, Danish literature, German literature
1750
An introduction to universal history
Early works to 1800, World history
1755
Comedies by Holberg
1914

Page views of Ludvig Holbergs by language

Over the past year Ludvig Holberg has had the most page views in the with 26,380 views, followed by Danish (20,656), and German (8,153). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (151.16%), Haitian (116.42%), and Latin (73.53%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ludvig Holberg ranks 491 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Said, Vuk Karadžić, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Wu Cheng'en, Giorgos Seferis, and Ilya Ehrenburg. After him are Alessandro Manzoni, Eugene O'Neill, Muhammad Iqbal, Patricia Highsmith, George R. R. Martin, and G. K. Chesterton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Ludvig Holberg ranks 3. Before him are Catherine I of Russia, and Jean-Antoine Watteau. After him are Maria Barbara Bach, Francesco Durante, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Robert Maynard, Kimpa Vita, and Edward Vernon. Among people deceased in 1754, Ludvig Holberg ranks 4. Before him are Mahmud I, Christian Wolff, and Abraham de Moivre. After him are Maria Anna of Austria, Henry Fielding, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Jacopo Riccati, Henry Pelham, Edward Cave, Nicolai Eigtved, and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ludvig Holberg ranks 29 out of 1,039. Before him are Jens Stoltenberg (1959), Vidkun Quisling (1887), Olaf Tryggvason (963), Ivar Aasen (1813), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), and Eric Bloodaxe (885). After him are Ragnar Frisch (1895), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Johan Galtung (1930), Harald Hardrada (1015), Odd Hassel (1897), and Christian Lous Lange (1869).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Ludvig Holberg ranks 7. Before him are Henrik Ibsen (1828), Knut Hamsun (1859), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Jon Fosse (1959), Jo Nesbø (1960), and Ivar Aasen (1813). After him are Jostein Gaarder (1952), Camilla Collett (1813), Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), and Tarjei Vesaas (1897).

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