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Kjartan Fløgstad

1944 - Today

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Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently, he worked for a period as an industrial worker and as a sailor before he debuted as a poet with his collection of poems titled Valfart (Pilgrimage) in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kjartan Fløgstad is the 3,901st most popular writer (up from 5,106th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Norway (up from 336th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Norwegian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 3,901 out of 7,302. Before him are Veniamin Kaverin, Eiko Kadono, Leopold Zunz, Zenta Mauriņa, Gertrude Jekyll, and Angel Wagenstein. After him are Javier Cercas, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Voltairine de Cleyre, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Mato Kósyk, and Nikolay Novikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 401. Before him are Dennis Franz, Haim Saban, Tony Visconti, Anthony Heald, Jan de Vries, and Élisabeth Roudinesco. After him are Ray Davies, Nikolai Karachentsov, S. Robson Walton, Gallego, Louise Lake-Tack, and William Christie.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 250 out of 1,039. Before him are Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Molla Mallory (1884), Simon Slåttvik (1917), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900), and Sonja Wigert (1913). After him are Haakon the Young (1232), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Wenche Myhre (1947), Hallgeir Brenden (1929), Erik Werenskiold (1855), and Aurora (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Kjartan Fløgstad ranks 45. Before him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Alf Prøysen (1914), and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir (900). After him are Johan Herman Wessel (1742), Johan Turi (1854), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Olav Duun (1876), Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807), and Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866).

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