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Jónas Hallgrímsson

1807 - 1845

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Jónas Hallgrímsson (16 November 1807 – 26 May 1845) was an Icelandic poet, writer and naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic journal Fjölnir, which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835. The magazine was used by Jónas and his fellow Fjölnismenn to promote Icelandic nationalism, in the hope of giving impetus to the Icelandic Independence Movement. Jónas remains one of Iceland's most beloved poets, penning some of the best-known Icelandic poems about Iceland and its people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Jónas Hallgrímsson is the 2,310th most popular writer (up from 2,599th in 2024), the 28th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 27th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Icelander Writer.

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Among writers, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 2,310 out of 7,302. Before him are Winston Groom, Alfred Bester, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Laura Esquivel, Vladimír Clementis, and Kathy Reichs. After him are Richard Brautigan, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Orderic Vitalis, and Lydia Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 23. Before him are Alfred Vail, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Hermann Burmeister, Aloysius Bertrand, Joseph E. Johnston, and Amir Kabir. After him are Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Napoleon Orda, Anna Russell, Adrien-François Servais, Napoléon Henri Reber, and Thiệu Trị. Among people deceased in 1845, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 20. Before him are Simon Mayr, Roustam Raza, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Zaman Shah Durrani, and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach. After him are George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Dominique, comte de Cassini, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Francisco Manuel Blanco, Henrik Steffens, and Rafael Urdaneta.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 28 out of 190. Before him are Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), and Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614). After him are Halla Tómasdóttir (1968), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Geir Haarde (1951), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), and Thorvald Eiriksson (972).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Jónas Hallgrímsson ranks 9. Before him are Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), and Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614). After him are Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932).

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