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Sigrid Undset
1882 - 1949
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset est une femme de lettres et romancière norvégienne, née le 20 mai 1882 à Kalundborg (Danemark) et morte le 10 juin 1949 à Lillehammer (Norvège). Elle est connue pour ses œuvres situées au Moyen Âge, dont la trilogie Kristin Lavransdatter, suivant la vie d'une Norvégienne au XVe siècle et explorant entre autres les thématiques de foi religieuse. Ses récits décrivant la vie nordique au Moyen Âge lui valurent le prix Nobel de littérature en 1928. Prenant une place remarquable dans la littérature norvégienne de l'entre-deux-guerres, elle est l'auteur de trente-six titres romanesques, de dizaines d'essais et de centaines d'articles. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia
Her biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2024). Sigrid Undset is the 190th most popular écrivain (up from 212th in 2024), the 16th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish ÉCrivain.
Sigrid Undset is most famous for her historical novel, Kristin Lavransdatter.
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Among Écrivains
Among écrivains, Sigrid Undset ranks 190 out of 7,302. Before 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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Catullus
84 BC - 54 BC
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 184
Taras Shevchenko
1814 - 1861
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 185
Murasaki Shikibu
973 - 1014
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 186
Lope de Vega
1562 - 1635
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 187
John Steinbeck
1902 - 1968
HPI: 78.61
Rank: 188
Adam Mickiewicz
1798 - 1855
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 189
Sigrid Undset
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 190
Halldór Laxness
1902 - 1998
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 191
Petronius
27 - 66
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 192
Georges Simenon
1903 - 1989
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 193
Tove Jansson
1914 - 2001
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 194
Fuzûlî
1494 - 1556
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 195
Johannes V. Jensen
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 196
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1882, Sigrid Undset ranks 8. Before 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 3. Before 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.
Others Born in 1882
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Igor Stravinsky
COMPOSER
1882 - 1971
HPI: 87.34
Rank: 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1945
HPI: 85.92
Rank: 3
Virginia Woolf
WRITER
1882 - 1941
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 4
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1973
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 5
Wilhelm Keitel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1946
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 6
Georges Braque
PAINTER
1882 - 1963
HPI: 79.91
Rank: 7
Sigrid Undset
WRITER
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 8
Max Born
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1970
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 9
Georgi Dimitrov
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1949
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 10
Ion Antonescu
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1946
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 11
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1951
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 12
Emmy Noether
MATHEMATICIAN
1882 - 1935
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 13
Günther von Kluge
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1882 - 1944
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1949
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Maurice Maeterlinck
WRITER
1862 - 1949
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 1
Richard Strauss
COMPOSER
1864 - 1949
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 2
Sigrid Undset
WRITER
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 3
George Gurdjieff
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1949
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 4
Georgi Dimitrov
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1949
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 5
Edward Thorndike
PSYCHOLOGIST
1874 - 1949
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 6
Leonard Bloomfield
LINGUIST
1887 - 1949
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 7
Kim Jong-suk
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1949
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 8
Margaret Mitchell
WRITER
1900 - 1949
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 9
Friedrich Bergius
CHEMIST
1884 - 1949
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 10
Hassan al-Banna
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1906 - 1949
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 11
James Ensor
PAINTER
1860 - 1949
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 12
In Denmark
Among people born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 16 out of 1,032. Before 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).
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Margaret I of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1353 - 1412
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 10
Christian X of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1947
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 11
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 12
Vitus Bering
EXPLORER
1681 - 1741
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 13
Christian VIII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1848
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 14
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1847 - 1928
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 15
Sigrid Undset
WRITER
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 16
Johannes V. Jensen
WRITER
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 17
John, King of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1455 - 1513
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 18
Ivar the Boneless
POLITICIAN
900 - 873
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 19
Ole Rømer
ASTRONOMER
1644 - 1710
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 20
Christian VI of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1699 - 1746
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 21
Gorm the Old
POLITICIAN
900 - 958
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 22
Among Écrivains In Denmark
Among écrivains born in Denmark, Sigrid Undset ranks 3. Before 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).
Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 1
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 2
Sigrid Undset
1882 - 1949
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 3
Johannes V. Jensen
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 4
Henrik Pontoppidan
1857 - 1943
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 5
Karen Blixen
1885 - 1962
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1783 - 1872
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 7
Tove Ditlevsen
1917 - 1976
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 8
Jens Peter Jacobsen
1847 - 1885
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 9
Georg Brandes
1842 - 1927
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 10
Sven Hassel
1917 - 2012
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 11
Martin Andersen Nexø
1869 - 1954
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 12
