WRITER

Johan Sebastian Welhaven

1807 - 1873

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Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (22 December 1807 – 21 October 1873) was a Norwegian writer, poet, critic, and art theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Sebastian Welhaven is the 4,322nd most popular writer (up from 5,879th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Norway (up from 441st in 2019) and the 50th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 4,322 out of 7,302. Before him are Arno Holz, Zhang Jie, Margita Figuli, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Zabel Sibil Asadour, and James Blish. After him are Richard Powers, Emma Andijewska, Anna Maria Lenngren, Kamini Roy, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Vladimir Oravsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 42. Before him are Emily Donelson, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Barbu Catargiu, Franz Xaver Fieber, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, and Ye Mingchen. After him are Luigi Palmieri, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jules Verreaux, Wilford Woodruff, and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff. Among people deceased in 1873, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 67. Before him are Christopher Hansteen, Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky, Mykhailo Maksymovych, Salmon P. Chase, and Stanislas Julien. After him are Fyodor Vasilyev, Alexei Fedchenko, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jules Verreaux, Stephen Mallory, and Per Georg Scheutz.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 284 out of 1,039. Before him are Egil Olsen (1942), Christopher Hansteen (1784), Carl Størmer (1874), Erling Skakke (1115), Konrad Hirsch (1900), and Olav Duun (1876). After him are Reidar Andersen (1911), Olav Bjaaland (1873), Sam Eyde (1866), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Jørgen Løvland (1848), and Inger Aufles (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Johan Sebastian Welhaven ranks 50. Before him are Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), Kjartan Fløgstad (1944), Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Johan Turi (1854), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), and Olav Duun (1876). After him are Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Arnulf Øverland (1889), Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771), Hulda Garborg (1862), Roy Jacobsen (1954), and Jan Kjærstad (1953).

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