1882 - 1949
Sigrid Undset (20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Norwegian-Danish novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigrid Undset has received more than 338,234 page views. Her biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Sigrid Undset is the 193rd most popular writer (down from 139th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Writer.
Sigrid Undset is most famous for her historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter.
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Among writers, Sigrid Undset ranks 193 out of 5,794. Before her are Peter Handke, Stéphane Mallarmé, Yukio Mishima, Nizami Ganjavi, Tristan Tzara, and Lucian. After her are Mario Vargas Llosa, Saadi Shirazi, Arthur C. Clarke, Coen brothers, Pearl S. Buck, and Dr. Seuss.
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 187
1842 - 1898
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 188
1925 - 1970
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 189
1141 - 1209
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 190
1896 - 1963
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 191
120 - 200
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 192
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 193
1936 - Present
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 194
1210 - 1291
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 195
1917 - 2008
HPI: 79.21
Rank: 196
HPI: 79.09
Rank: 197
1892 - 1973
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 198
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 199
Among people born in 1882, Sigrid Undset ranks 8. Before her are Igor Stravinsky, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Wilhelm Keitel, Georges Braque, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. After her are Georgi Dimitrov, Ion Antonescu, Günther von Kluge, Edward Hopper, Emmy Noether, and Max Born. 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, James Ensor, Charles Ponzi, Hassan al-Banna, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and Kim Jong-suk.
1882 - 1971
HPI: 85.30
Rank: 2
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.68
Rank: 3
1882 - 1941
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 4
1882 - 1946
HPI: 82.01
Rank: 5
1882 - 1963
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 6
1882 - 1973
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 7
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 8
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 9
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1882 - 1944
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 11
1882 - 1967
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 12
1882 - 1935
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 13
1882 - 1970
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 14
1862 - 1949
HPI: 82.63
Rank: 1
1864 - 1949
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 2
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 3
1866 - 1949
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 4
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 5
1874 - 1949
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 7
1860 - 1949
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 8
1882 - 1949
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 9
1906 - 1949
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 10
1870 - 1949
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 11
1919 - 1949
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 12
Among people born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 14 out of 783. Before her are Vitus Bering (1681), Christian VII of Denmark (1749), Ole Rømer (1644), George I of Greece (1845), Margaret I of Denmark (1353), and Frederick IX of Denmark (1899). After her are Gorm the Old (900), Christian IV of Denmark (1577), Karen Blixen (1885), Saxo Grammaticus (1150), Ubba (1000), and Christian II of Denmark (1481).
1681 - 1741
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 8
1749 - 1808
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 9
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 10
1845 - 1913
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
1353 - 1412
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 12
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 13
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 14
900 - 958
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 15
1577 - 1648
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 16
1885 - 1962
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 17
1150 - 1220
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 18
1000 - 878
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 19
1481 - 1559
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 20
Among writers born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 2. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen (1805). After her are Karen Blixen (1885), Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Sven Hassel (1917), Georg Brandes (1842), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869).
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 1
1882 - 1949
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 2
1885 - 1962
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 3
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 4
1857 - 1943
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 5
1873 - 1950
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 6
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 7
1842 - 1927
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 8
1847 - 1885
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 10
1783 - 1872
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 11
1869 - 1954
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 12