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Ari Behn

1972 - 2019

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Ari Mikael Behn (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̀ːrɪ ˈbeːn]; né Bjørshol, pronounced [ˈbjø̀ːʂhuːl] or [ˈbjø̀ːʁshuːl]; 30 September 1972 – 25 December 2019) was a Norwegian author, playwright, and visual artist, best known for his marriage to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway from 2002 to 2017. He held no title or special status, and he remained a private citizen during the marriage. Known as Mikael Bjørshol until 1996, Behn achieved modest literary success with his 1999 short story collection Trist som faen ("Sad as hell") which received several favorable reviews in Norwegian newspapers, and which remains his best known work. His engagement to Märtha Louise sparked additional interest in the book, and by 2020 it had sold a total of nearly 100,000 copies since publication. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ari Behn is the 3,800th most popular writer (up from 3,864th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Danish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ari Behn ranks 3,800 out of 7,302. Before him are Donald Barthelme, Peter Mayle, Anton Delvig, Irakli Abashidze, Marianne Moore, and Laurens van der Post. After him are Farrukhi Sistani, Wang Bo, Luigi Capuana, Ricardo Piglia, Alberto Savinio, and Claude Aveline.

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Among people born in 1972, Ari Behn ranks 118. Before him are Afghan Girl, Sofia Helin, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Özcan Deniz, Jonny Lee Miller, and Victor Ponta. After him are Virgilijus Alekna, Trine Dyrholm, Eli Roth, Brian Molko, Yuji Nakayoshi, and Esther Duflo. Among people deceased in 2019, Ari Behn ranks 246. Before him are Gloria Vanderbilt, Vojtěch Jasný, Don Alden Adams, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Charles Jencks, and Jurica Jerković. After him are Martin Peters, Dick Miller, Alain Barrière, Michael Gielen, Robert Ryman, and Sergei Yursky.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 379 out of 1,032. Before him are Lucile Grahn (1819), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812), Karen Harup (1924), Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801), and Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968). After him are Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920), Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842), Prince Gustav of Denmark (1887), Henning Larsen (1925), and Peter Georg Bang (1797).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Ari Behn ranks 33. Before him are Holger Drachmann (1846), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Jens Baggesen (1764), Karin Michaëlis (1872), Torben Ulrich (1928), and Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758). After him are Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791), Thorkild Hansen (1927), and Steen Steensen Blicher (1782).

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