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Top 100 Writers in Norway

The most publicly visible writers in Norway.

Most famous living

The most famous writers in Norway right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

NorwayWriters662 peopleHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	Jon Fosse	Norway	Writers	63.3	10.0
#2	new	Miss Maud Angelica Behn	Norway	Writers	61.5	25.0
#3	new	Jostein Gaarder	Norway	Writers	58.5	0.0
#4	new	Jo Nesbø	Norway	Writers	58.2	0.0
#5	new	Kamran Mir Hazar	Norway	Writers	57.3	0.5
#6	new	Karl Ove Knausgård	Norway	Writers	56.6	0.4
#7	new	Karin Fossum	Norway	Writers	55.8	17.3
#8	new	Anne Holt	Norway	Writers	55.8	8.2
#9	new	Linn Ullmann	Norway	Writers	55.0	1.7
#10	new	Erlend Loe	Norway	Writers	52.7	0.0
#11	new	Per Petterson	Norway	Writers	52.5	2.6
#12	new	Odd Arne Westad	Norway	Writers	52.5	9.6
#13	new	Vigdis Hjorth	Norway	Writers	52.2	10.0
#14	new	Lars Saabye Christensen	Norway	Writers	51.9	0.0
#15	new	Jørn Lier Horst	Norway	Writers	51.0	0.0
#16	new	Herbjørg Wassmo	Norway	Writers	50.9	0.0
#17	new	Gunnar Staalesen	Norway	Writers	50.6	0.0
#18	new	Maja Lunde	Norway	Writers	49.5	0.0
#19	new	Johan Harstad	Norway	Writers	49.4	7.8
#20	new	Lars Monsen	Norway	Writers	49.0	14.3
#21	new	Unni Lindell	Norway	Writers	48.5	2.6
#22	new	Jan Kjærstad	Norway	Writers	48.5	0.0
#23	new	Niels Fredrik Dahl	Norway	Writers	47.8	0.0
#24	new	Maria Parr	Norway	Writers	47.8	0.2
#25	new	Nina Lykke	Norway	Writers	47.8	5.9
#26	new	Julie Andem	Norway	Writers	47.6	8.2
#27	new	Erika Fatland	Norway	Writers	47.2	0.6
#28	new	Tore Renberg	Norway	Writers	47.1	17.2
#29	new	Lars Mytting	Norway	Writers	46.9	1.4
#30	new	Kim Leine	Norway	Writers	46.7	0.0
#31	new	Erik Fosnes Hansen	Norway	Writers	46.6	5.2
#32	new	Hanne Ørstavik	Norway	Writers	46.6	1.3
#33	new	Kjartan Fløgstad	Norway	Writers	46.5	1.8
#34	new	Knut Faldbakken	Norway	Writers	46.3	4.6
#35	new	Merethe Lindstrøm	Norway	Writers	45.9	3.5
#36	new	Rolf Furuli	Norway	Writers	45.8	2.9