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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1832 - 1910

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Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( BYURN-sən, Norwegian: [ˈbjø̂ːɳstjæːɳə mɑrˈtiːnɪʉ̂s ˈbjø̂ːɳsɔn]; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit". The first Norwegian Nobel laureate, he was a prolific polemicist and extremely influential in Norwegian public life and Scandinavian cultural debate. Bjørnson is considered to be one of the four great Norwegian writers, alongside Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland. He is also celebrated for his lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is the 115th most popular writer (up from 129th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Norway (down from 11th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Writer.

Bjørnson is most famous for his novel "Peer Gynt" and his play "A Doll's House."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 115 out of 7,302. Before him are Stephen King, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Marquis de Sade, José Saramago, Václav Havel, and Anatole France. After him are André Gide, Theodor Herzl, Hafez, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ismail I, and Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 5. Before him are Édouard Manet, Gustave Eiffel, Maximilian I of Mexico, and Louisa May Alcott. After him are Wilhelm Wundt, Lewis Carroll, Nikolaus Otto, Gustave Doré, José Echegaray, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. Among people deceased in 1910, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 7. Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Edward VII, Mark Twain, Robert Koch, Henry Dunant, and Florence Nightingale. After him are William James, Henri Rousseau, Nadar, O. Henry, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Mily Balakirev.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 12 out of 1,039. Before him are Ragnar Lodbrok (850), Rollo (846), Edvard Grieg (1843), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Knut Hamsun (1859), and Olaf II of Norway (993). After him are Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Magnus the Good (1024), Erik the Red (950), Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Olaf Tryggvason (963), and Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson ranks 3. Before him are Henrik Ibsen (1828), and Knut Hamsun (1859). After him are Ivar Aasen (1813), Jo Nesbø (1960), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jon Fosse (1959), Jonas Lie (1833), Alexander Kielland (1849), Nordahl Grieg (1902), and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812).

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