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Sverre Fehn

1924 - 2009

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Sverre Fehn (14 August 1924 – 23 February 2009) was a Norwegian architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sverre Fehn has received more than 109,400 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sverre Fehn is the 140th most popular architect (up from 142nd in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Norway (down from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Architect.

Sverre Fehn is most famous for the design of the National Library in Oslo, Norway.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Sverre Fehn ranks 140 out of 518. Before him are Lina Bo Bardi, Hans Scharoun, Alonzo Cano, Ettore Sottsass, Filippo Juvarra, and Charlotte Perriand. After him are Verner Panton, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Antonio Sant'Elia, Carlo Scarpa, Pier Luigi Nervi, and Max Bill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Sverre Fehn ranks 82. Before him are Lee Iacocca, André Franquin, Paisios of Mount Athos, Milka Planinc, Haim Bar-Lev, and Girma Wolde-Giorgis. After him are Kenneth Waltz, Kenneth Kaunda, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Ottmar Walter, Paul Desmond, and Arthur Danto. Among people deceased in 2009, Sverre Fehn ranks 57. Before him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Edwin G. Krebs, Achille Compagnoni, Israel Gelfand, Mario Benedetti, and Takashi Takabayashi. After him are Toni Sailer, Ingemar Johansson, Susan Atkins, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, J. G. Ballard, and Clive Granger.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sverre Fehn ranks 75 out of 1,039. Before him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Frits Thaulow (1847), Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (910), Morten Harket (1959), Magnus Barefoot (1073), and Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931). After him are Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Christian Michelsen (1857), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), and Sigurd the Crusader (1090).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Norway

Among architects born in Norway, Sverre Fehn ranks 1. After him are Arnstein Arneberg (1882), and Henry Hutchinson (1800).

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