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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

1818 - 1870

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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aasmund Olavsson Vinje is the 3,006th most popular writer (down from 2,778th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Norway (down from 167th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among writers, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 3,006 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Aanrud, Fazil Iskander, Octave Feuillet, Yasmina Khadra, Zabel Yesayan, and Nahum Goldmann. After him are José de Alencar, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Diphilus, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Leonid Leonov, and Rachel Bluwstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 59. Before him are Amelia Bloomer, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Petar Preradović, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, and Louis Buffet. After him are Artúr Görgei, Şihabetdin Märcani, John Henninger Reagan, Eduard Totleben, Louis Faidherbe, and Conrad of Parzham. Among people deceased in 1870, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 36. Before him are Victor de Broglie, Paul-Émile Botta, Charles Xavier Thomas, Pieter Bleeker, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Arthur Saint-Léon. After him are Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Alexei Lvov, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, James Young Simpson, and Imre Frivaldszky.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 195 out of 1,039. Before him are Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), Magnar Solberg (1937), Knud Knudsen (1812), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), Jørgen Juve (1906), and Hans Aanrud (1863). After him are Helge Løvland (1890), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Johan Bojer (1872), and Jon Elster (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje ranks 35. Before him are Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Dagny Juel (1867), Amalie Skram (1846), Per Petterson (1952), Knud Knudsen (1812), and Hans Aanrud (1863). After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Johan Bojer (1872), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), and Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120).

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