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Snorri Sturluson

1179 - 1241

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Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈsnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, knight, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda, which is a major source for what is today known about Norse mythology and alliterative verse, and Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egil's Saga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Snorri Sturluson is the 270th most popular writer (down from 229th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Writer.

Snorri Sturluson is most famous for being the author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla.

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Among writers, Snorri Sturluson ranks 270 out of 7,302. Before him are Jordanes, Bartolomé de las Casas, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Anna Akhmatova, Sallust, and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. After him are Jami, Arthur C. Clarke, Quintilian, Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke, and Gao Xingjian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1179, Snorri Sturluson ranks 1. After him are Constance of Aragon, Yaqut al-Hamawi, and Theobald III, Count of Champagne. Among people deceased in 1241, Snorri Sturluson ranks 4. Before him are Ögedei Khan, Pope Gregory IX, and Pope Celestine IV. After him are Valdemar II of Denmark, Henry II the Pious, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Köten, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Manuel Doukas, and Fujiwara no Teika.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Snorri Sturluson ranks 5 out of 190. Before him are Leif Erikson (970), Halldór Laxness (1902), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930). After him are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Halla Margrét Árnadóttir (1964), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Björk (1965), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Snorri Sturluson ranks 2. Before him are Halldór Laxness (1902). After him are Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Magnús Scheving (1964), Jón Arason (1484), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), and Sæmundr fróði (1056).

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