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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 132,717 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Peter Christen Asbjørnsen is the 1,384th most popular writer (down from 1,068th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Norway (down from 59th in 2019) and the 10th 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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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.32

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  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 1,384 out of 5,755Before him are Henry de Montherlant, Wilhelm Müller, Thornton Wilder, John Dryden, Eva Schloss, and Don Juan Manuel. After him are Rafael Alberti, Ihara Saikaku, Hartmann Schedel, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Pehr Henrik Ling, and Hieronymus of Cardia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 18Before him are Maria Cristina of Savoy, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Alfred Krupp, Sigismond Thalberg, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, and Friedrich von Flotow. After him are Robert Browning, Natalia Pushkina, Paul Abadie, Zuo Zongtang, Pertevniyal Sultan, and Edward Lear. Among people deceased in 1885, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 15Before him are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Charles George Gordon, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Rosalía de Castro, Iwasaki Yatarō, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Moses Montefiore, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Ferdinand Hiller, Zuo Zongtang, Edmond François Valentin About, and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 69 out of 927Before him are Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), Erna Solberg (1961), Finn E. Kydland (1943), Magnus Barefoot (1073), Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), and Kjell Askildsen (1929). After him are Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Sverre Fehn (1924), Axel Paulsen (1855), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Magnus IV of Norway (1115).

Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen ranks 10Before him are Jostein Gaarder (1952), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Ivar Aasen (1813), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Kjell Askildsen (1929). After him are Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Jonas Lie (1833), Nordahl Grieg (1902), and Arne Garborg (1851).