1882 - 1949
Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɪ̂ɡːɾiː ˈʉ̂nːseːt]; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Born in Denmark and raised in Norway, Undset had her first books of historical fiction published in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigrid Undset has received more than 448,987 page views. Her biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 91 in 2019). Sigrid Undset is the 184th most popular writer (up from 193rd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Writer.
Sigrid Undset is most famous for her historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter.
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Among writers, Sigrid Undset ranks 184 out of 5,755. Before her are Dale Carnegie, Constantine VII, John the Evangelist, Juvenal, Mansur Al-Hallaj, and Georges Simenon. After her are François-René de Chateaubriand, John Steinbeck, Orhan Pamuk, Mario Vargas Llosa, Svetlana Alexievich, and Quintilian.
1888 - 1955
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 178
905 - 959
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 179
10 - 100
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 180
50 - 200
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 181
858 - 922
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 182
1903 - 1989
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 183
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 184
1768 - 1848
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 185
1902 - 1968
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 186
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 187
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 188
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 189
35 - 96
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 190
Among people born in 1882, Sigrid Undset ranks 8. Before her are Igor Stravinsky, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Wilhelm Keitel, Georges Braque, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. After her are Lili Elbe, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Georgi Dimitrov, Max Born, Ion Antonescu, and Emmy Noether. Among people deceased in 1949, Sigrid Undset ranks 3. Before her are Maurice Maeterlinck and Richard Strauss. After her are George Gurdjieff, Georgi Dimitrov, Edward Thorndike, Margaret Mitchell, Hassan al-Banna, Charles Ponzi, James Ensor, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and Friedrich Bergius.
1882 - 1971
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 2
1882 - 1941
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 3
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 4
1882 - 1946
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 5
1882 - 1963
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 6
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 8
1882 - 1931
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 9
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 10
1882 - 1949
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 11
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 12
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 13
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 14
1862 - 1949
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 1
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 2
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 3
1866 - 1949
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 4
1882 - 1949
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 5
1874 - 1949
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 6
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 7
1906 - 1949
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 8
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 9
1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 10
1870 - 1949
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 11
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 12
Among people born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 13 out of 893. Before her are Björn Ironside (800), Vitus Bering (1681), Ole Rømer (1644), Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), Cnut the Great (995), and Christian VII of Denmark (1749). After her are Karen Blixen (1885), Lili Elbe (1882), Margaret I of Denmark (1353), Frederick IX of Denmark (1899), Gorm the Old (900), and George I of Greece (1845).
800 - 876
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 7
1681 - 1741
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1644 - 1710
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 10
995 - 1035
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 11
1749 - 1808
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 12
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 13
1885 - 1962
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 14
1882 - 1931
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 15
1353 - 1412
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 16
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 17
900 - 958
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 18
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 19
Among writers born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 3. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen (1805) and Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857). After her are Karen Blixen (1885), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Sven Hassel (1917), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), and Tove Ditlevsen (1917).
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 1
1857 - 1919
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 2
1882 - 1949
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 3
1885 - 1962
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 4
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 5
1873 - 1950
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 6
1917 - 2012
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 7
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 8
1842 - 1927
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 9
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 10
1869 - 1954
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 11
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 12