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Peder Balke

1804 - 1887

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Peder Balke (November 4, 1804 – February 5, 1887) was a Norwegian painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peder Balke has received more than 76,101 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Peder Balke is the 1,691st most popular painter (down from 1,573rd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Norway (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peder Balke ranks 1,691 out of 2,023. Before him are Rik Wouters, Alexander Brullov, Augustin Hirschvogel, Sofia Adlersparre, Mica Todorović, and Sidney Nolan. After him are Ulrika Pasch, Mordecai Ardon, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Thérèse Schwartze, Karl Bodmer, and Richard Anuszkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Peder Balke ranks 64. Before him are Mykhailo Maksymovych, Wilhelm Bendz, Osceola, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and Johan Nicolai Madvig. After him are Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Fruto Chamorro, William Barton Rogers, and Emma Smith. Among people deceased in 1887, Peder Balke ranks 45. Before him are Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Alvan Clark, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Mikhail Katkov. After him are Fran Levstik, E. Marlitt, John Taylor, August W. Eichler, Dorothea Dix, and Spencer Fullerton Baird.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peder Balke ranks 290 out of 1,039. Before him are Olav Aukrust (1883), Trine Hattestad (1966), Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Knut Johannesen (1933), and Molla Mallory (1884). After him are Hans Jæger (1854), Eva Nansen (1858), Sigmund Ruud (1907), Jens Hundseid (1883), Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966), and Knud Knudsen (1812).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Peder Balke ranks 16. Before him are Harriet Backer (1845), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Adolph Tidemand (1814), and Kitty Lange Kielland (1843). After him are Otto Sinding (1842), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), and Morten Müller (1828).

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