WRITER

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

1812 - 1885

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (15 January 1812 – 5 January 1885) was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen has received more than 141,430 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is the 1,280th most popular writer (up from 1,381st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Norway and the 12th most popular Norwegian Writer.

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is most famous for his collection of folk tales, which he published with Jørgen Moe. The collection includes Norwegian Folk Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, and The Golden Key.

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  • 140k

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  • 59.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 1,280 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Sheckley, Chūya Nakahara, Siegfried Kracauer, Matthias Flacius, Akka Mahadevi, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. After him are Antipater of Sidon, Paul Scarron, James Brendan Connolly, Josef Čapek, Herrad of Landsberg, and Stanisław Jerzy Lec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 16. Before him are Sigismond Thalberg, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ascanio Sobrero, Maria Cristina of Savoy, and Alfred Krupp. After him are Pertevniyal Sultan, Robert Browning, Natalia Pushkina, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Friedrich von Flotow, and Paul Abadie. Among people deceased in 1885, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 15. Before him are Charles George Gordon, Iwasaki Yatarō, Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Edmond François Valentin About. After him are Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Moses Montefiore, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Ferdinand Hiller, Zuo Zongtang, and George B. McClellan.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 69 out of 1,039. Before him are Christian Krohg (1852), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841), Eric II of Norway (1268), Magnus IV of Norway (1115), and Finn E. Kydland (1943). After him are Frits Thaulow (1847), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Morten Harket (1959), Magnus Barefoot (1073), Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), and Sverre Fehn (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 12. Before him are Ivar Aasen (1813), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Camilla Collett (1813), Arne Garborg (1851), and Alexander Kielland (1849). After him are Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Jonas Lie (1833), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Jørgen Moe (1813), and Dagny Juel (1867).

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