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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 1,278,616 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 64 in 2019). Snorri Sturluson is the 191st most popular writer (down from 164th 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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  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.22

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  • 3.47

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Snorri Sturluson ranks 191 out of 5,755. Before him are François-René de Chateaubriand, John Steinbeck, Orhan Pamuk, Mario Vargas Llosa, Svetlana Alexievich, and Quintilian. After him are Terence, Karen Blixen, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Tristan Tzara, Ian Fleming, and Osamu Dazai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1179, Snorri Sturluson ranks 1. After him are Constance of Aragon, Yaqut al-Hamawi, 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, Köten, Fujiwara no Teika, Amaury de Montfort, and Irene Laskarina.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Snorri Sturluson ranks 2 out of 180. Before him are Leif Erikson (970). After him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811).

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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), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214).

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