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Nils Christie

1928 - 2015

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Nils Christie (24 February 1928 – 27 May 2015) was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. He was a professor of criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Considered a leading figure of his field, Christie is one of two Norwegian social scientists covered in the book 50 Key Thinkers in Criminology (Routledge, 2009), alongside sociologist Thomas Mathiesen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Christie is the 48th most popular sociologist (down from 45th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Norway (down from 190th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Nils Christie ranks 48 out of 79. Before him are Shmuel Eisenstadt, T. H. Marshall, Edwin Sutherland, Mark Granovetter, Marcel Granet, and David Riesman. After him are Randall Collins, James Samuel Coleman, Ernest Burgess, Raewyn Connell, Basil Bernstein, and George Ritzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Nils Christie ranks 259. Before him are Pernell Roberts, Irena Veisaitė, Sven Davidson, Peter Shirayanagi, Mitchell Ryan, and Cristina Calderón. After him are Ara Güler, Frederick Stafford, Bella Davidovich, Jacques Dupont, Hiroshi Nakajima, and Alan Sillitoe. Among people deceased in 2015, Nils Christie ranks 178. Before him are Moses Malone, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Chris Squire, Johanna Quandt, Jackie Collins, and Valentin Rasputin. After him are Czesław Kiszczak, Jon Vickers, Movita Castaneda, Douglas Tompkins, László Paskai, and Ahmed Chalabi.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Nils Christie ranks 208 out of 1,039. Before him are Fred Anton Maier (1938), Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Åge Hareide (1953), Arne Brustad (1912), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), and Egil Danielsen (1933). After him are Roald Aas (1928), Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Munk (1579), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), and Karl Ove Knausgård (1968).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among sociologists born in Norway, Nils Christie ranks 1. 

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