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Þjóðólfr of Hvinir

900 - 930

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Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈθjoːðˌoːlvz̠ oːz̠ ˈxwine]; anglicized as Thjódólf of Hvinir or Thiodolf; fl. late 9th–early 10th c. AD), was a Norwegian skald, said to have been one of the court-poets of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Þjóðólfr of Hvinir has received more than 50,208 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Þjóðólfr of Hvinir is the 4,985th most popular writer (down from 3,853rd in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from Norway (down from 234th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir ranks 4,985 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Kasprowicz, Hellmuth Karasek, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Károly Kisfaludy, Platon Oyunsky, and Fernando Vallejo. After him are Tony Cliff, Kenneth Copeland, Bernard Clavel, Johann Gottfried Seume, Rosa Chacel, and Latifa al-Zayyat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir ranks 68. Before him are Giovanni II Participazio, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Teutberga, Mara Takla Haymanot, Olaf Guthfrithson, and Beorhtwulf of Mercia. After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Cynewulf, John Kaminiates, Æthelred II of Northumbria, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, and Æthelwold of Winchester. Among people deceased in 930, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir ranks 8. Before him are Lestek, Emperor Daigo, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Ibn Wahshiyya, Hucbald, and Guy, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir ranks 320 out of 1,039. Before him are Oscar Torp (1893), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Anita Thallaug (1938), Isak Abrahamsen (1891), Berit Aunli (1956), and Reidar Andersen (1911). After him are Gjermund Eggen (1941), Tom Sandberg (1955), Odd Børre (1939), Sverre Hansen (1913), Martin Ødegaard (1998), and Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir ranks 59. Before him are Linn Ullmann (1966), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Hans Jæger (1854), Knud Knudsen (1812), Jan Kjærstad (1953), and Arnulf Øverland (1889). After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Inger Hagerup (1905), Vera Henriksen (1927), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), and Johan Falkberget (1879).

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