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Margit Sandemo

1924 - 2018

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Margit Sandemo (née Underdal, 23 April 1924 – 1 September 2018) was a Swedish historical fantasy author. She had been the best-selling author in the Nordic countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margit Sandemo has received more than 69,021 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Margit Sandemo is the 2,439th most popular writer (down from 1,927th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 119th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Norwegian Writer.

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  • 69k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Margit Sandemo ranks 2,439 out of 5,755. Before her are Tom Sharpe, Paul the Silentiary, Dagny Juel, Vladimir Stasov, Mikha'il Na'ima, and Dacia Maraini. After her are Amélie Nothomb, John Cleland, John Fletcher, Peter of Dusburg, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Carmen Laforet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Margit Sandemo ranks 154. Before her are Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Zizi Jeanmaire, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Ottmar Walter, Donatas Banionis, and Mohammed Rafi. After her are David Cox, Lubomír Štrougal, M. Karunanidhi, Franco Basaglia, Johannes Mario Simmel, and Max Roach. Among people deceased in 2018, Margit Sandemo ranks 134. Before her are Luis García Meza, Rachid Taha, Irena Szewińska, Đỗ Mười, Per Kirkeby, and Oleg Tabakov. After her are Alexander Zakharchenko, Neil Simon, M. Karunanidhi, Azeglio Vicini, Vitaliy Masol, and Katherine MacGregor.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Margit Sandemo ranks 133 out of 927. Before her are Henrik Wergeland (1808), Nils Arne Eggen (1941), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971), Jørgen Moe (1813), Dagny Juel (1867), and Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068). After her are Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Martin Vahl (1749), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), Alf-Inge Håland (1972), Jørgen Juve (1906), and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Margit Sandemo ranks 21. Before her are Nordahl Grieg (1902), Arne Garborg (1851), Thorbjørn Egner (1912), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), and Dagny Juel (1867). After her are Anne Holt (1958), Karin Fossum (1954), Petter Dass (1647), Hans Aanrud (1863), Jon Fosse (1959), and Camilla Collett (1813).

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