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Snorri Sturluson

1179 - 1241

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Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈsnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda, which is a major source for what is today known about Norse mythology and alliterative verse, and Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Snorri Sturluson has received more than 1,393,471 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Snorri Sturluson is the 229th most popular writer (down from 191st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Iceland and the most popular Icelander Writer.

Snorri Sturluson is most famous for being the author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Snorri Sturluson ranks 229 out of 7,302. Before him are Bram Stoker, Torquato Tasso, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Prosper Mérimée, Dario Fo, and Herman Melville. After him are Mikhail Bulgakov, Shams Tabrizi, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and Jaroslav Hašek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1179, Snorri Sturluson ranks 1. After him are Yaqut al-Hamawi, Constance of Aragon, and Theobald III, Count of Champagne. Among people deceased in 1241, Snorri Sturluson ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory IX, and Ögedei Khan. After him are Pope Celestine IV, Valdemar II of Denmark, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Henry II the Pious, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Köten, Fujiwara no Teika, and Amaury de Montfort.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Snorri Sturluson ranks 2 out of 190. Before him are Leif Erikson (970). After him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Snorri Sturluson ranks 1. After him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835).

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