WRITER

Peter Høeg

1957 - Today

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Peter Høeg (born 17 May 1957) is a Danish writer of fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Høeg has received more than 177,994 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Peter Høeg is the 2,837th most popular writer (up from 2,839th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 278th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Danish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Doctor Who
Science fiction television programs, Doctor Who, Doctor Who (Television program)
1983
Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne
Fiction, Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories
1992
1995
Kvinden og aben
Apes, Fiction, Human-animal relationships
1996
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
1993
The history of Danish dreams
History, Fiction
1995

Page views of Peter Høegs by language

Over the past year Peter Høeg has had the most page views in the with 17,550 views, followed by German (10,707), and Russian (8,292). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Faroese (35.43%), Armenian (31.89%), and Serbo-Croatian (21.13%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Høeg ranks 2,837 out of 7,302. Before him are Adam Michnik, Joseph Delaney, John the Lydian, Pierre Grimal, Ronald Harwood, and Ben Hecht. After him are Fritz Mauthner, Delmira Agustini, Mariama Bâ, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Lucius Afranius, and Saken Seifullin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Peter Høeg ranks 112. Before him are Kenji Kawai, Hansi Müller, John Lee Ka-chiu, María Conchita Alonso, Steve Lukather, and Nellie Kim. After him are Glenn Hoddle, Irvine Welsh, Stephen Dillane, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Nery Pumpido, and Jaco Van Dormael.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Peter Høeg ranks 285 out of 1,032. Before him are Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Ebbe Schwartz (1901), Laurits Tuxen (1853), Estrid Svendsdatter (990), H. C. Hansen (1906), and Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1721). After him are Kasper Schmeichel (1986), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Grethe Ingmann (1938), Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel (1820), Sigmundur Brestisson (961), and John Hansen (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Peter Høeg ranks 25. Before him are Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), Kaj Munk (1898), Inger Christensen (1935), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Holger Drachmann (1846), and Kjeld Abell (1901). After him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Jens Baggesen (1764), Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), Cecil Bødker (1927), Johannes Ewald (1743), and Thorkild Hansen (1927).

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