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Sigrid Undset

1882 - 1949

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Sigrid Undset (* 20. Mai 1882 in Kalundborg, Dänemark; † 10. Juni 1949 in Lillehammer, Norwegen) war eine norwegische Romanautorin, Novellistin, Laiendominikanerin und Essayistin. Ihre Werke befassen sich mit dem Konflikt zwischen norwegischer Tradition, der europäischen Krise ihrer Zeit, dem römischen Katholizismus und der weiblichen Emanzipationsbewegung. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

Her biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2024). Sigrid Undset is the 190th most popular schriftsteller (up from 212th in 2024), the 16th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Schriftsteller.

Sigrid Undset is most famous for her historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter.

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Among Schriftstellers

Among schriftstellers, Sigrid Undset ranks 190 out of 7,302Before her are Catullus, Taras Shevchenko, Murasaki Shikibu, Lope de Vega, John Steinbeck, and Adam Mickiewicz. After her are Halldór Laxness, Petronius, Georges Simenon, Tove Jansson, Fuzûlî, and Johannes V. Jensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Sigrid Undset ranks 8Before her are Igor Stravinsky, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Wilhelm Keitel, and Georges Braque. After her are Max Born, Georgi Dimitrov, Ion Antonescu, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Emmy Noether, and Günther von Kluge. Among people deceased in 1949, Sigrid Undset ranks 3Before her are Maurice Maeterlinck, and Richard Strauss. After her are George Gurdjieff, Georgi Dimitrov, Edward Thorndike, Leonard Bloomfield, Kim Jong-suk, Margaret Mitchell, Friedrich Bergius, Hassan al-Banna, and James Ensor.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 16 out of 1,032Before her are Margaret I of Denmark (1353), Christian X of Denmark (1870), Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), Vitus Bering (1681), Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), and Maria Feodorovna (1847). After her are Johannes V. Jensen (1873), John, King of Denmark (1455), Ivar the Boneless (900), Ole Rømer (1644), Christian VI of Denmark (1699), and Gorm the Old (900).

Among Schriftstellers In Denmark

Among schriftstellers born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 3Before her are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), and Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857). After her are Johannes V. Jensen (1873), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Karen Blixen (1885), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869).

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