1954 - Today
Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is the winner of The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Jacobsen has received more than 66,612 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Roy Jacobsen is the 4,572nd most popular writer (up from 4,685th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Norway (up from 332nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Norwegian Writer.
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Among writers, Roy Jacobsen ranks 4,572 out of 5,755. Before him are Joe Eszterhas, Michel Déon, Ludwig Thoma, Ndre Mjeda, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, and Javier Cercas. After him are Ludwig Bechstein, Hiromi Kawakami, Richard Powers, David Weber, Hans Nielsen Hauge, and Eleanor Farjeon.
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,566
1919 - 2016
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,567
1867 - 1921
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 4,568
1866 - 1937
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,569
1933 - 2014
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,570
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,571
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,572
1801 - 1860
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,573
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,574
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,575
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,576
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,577
1881 - 1965
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,578
Among people born in 1954, Roy Jacobsen ranks 286. Before him are Yoshiichi Watanabe, Michael Sembello, Ted DiBiase, Zhong Shanshan, Mauro Baldi, and Elliot Goldenthal. After him are Rosi Braidotti, Murat Karayılan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Bob Weinstein, Torbjörn Nilsson, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr..
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 280
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 281
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 282
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 283
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 284
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 285
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 286
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 287
1954 - 2023
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 288
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 289
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 290
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 291
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 292
Among people born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 279 out of 927. Before him are Erlend Loe (1969), Jens Bjørneboe (1920), Adolph Tidemand (1814), John Lyng (1905), Paul Egede (1708), and Sam Eyde (1866). After him are Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), John Arne Riise (1980), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Gunnar Sønsteby (1918), Ole Jacob Broch (1818), and Ståle Solbakken (1968).
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 273
1920 - 1976
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 274
1814 - 1876
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 275
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 276
1708 - 1789
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 277
1866 - 1940
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 278
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 279
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 280
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 281
1843 - 1914
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 282
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 283
1818 - 1889
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 284
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 285
Among writers born in Norway, Roy Jacobsen ranks 51. Before him are Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Knud Knudsen (1812), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Olav Duun (1876), Erlend Loe (1969), and Jens Bjørneboe (1920). After him are Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Olav Aukrust (1883), Jan Kjærstad (1953), Linn Ullmann (1966), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), and Hulda Garborg (1862).
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 45
1812 - 1895
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 46
1866 - 1900
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 47
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 48
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 49
1920 - 1976
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 50
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 51
1771 - 1824
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 52
1883 - 1929
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 53
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 54
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 55
1857 - 1929
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 56
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 57