WRITER

Barbro Lindgren

1937 - Today

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Barbro Lindgren (born 18 March 1937) is a Swedish writer of children's books and books for adult readers. For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Ten years later, she won the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbro Lindgren has received more than 49,438 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbro Lindgren is the 4,831st most popular writer (down from 3,925th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 547th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Barbro Lindgren ranks 4,831 out of 7,302. Before her are Marc Okrand, Robert of Torigni, Ōtomo no Tabito, Zig Ziglar, W. W. Jacobs, and Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson. After her are Johann Jakob Breitinger, Jeton Kelmendi, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Norman Smith, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Barbro Lindgren ranks 357. Before her are Toribio Ticona Porco, Valeri Popenchenko, Christina Schollin, Brian Redman, Zhang Jie, and Pat Roach. After her are Jim Harrison, Yvonne Craig, Ernest Lluch, Jesús del Muro, Amparo Baró, and Prosper Avril.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Barbro Lindgren ranks 734 out of 1,879. Before her are Gösta Löfgren (1923), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), Axel Norling (1884), Max Martin (1971), Jean Tabary (1930), and Björn Andersson (1951). After her are Carl Bonde (1872), Ulf Ekman (1950), David Dencik (1974), Sven Forssman (1882), Sigvard Ericsson (1930), and Bengt Berndtsson (1933).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Barbro Lindgren ranks 63. Before her are Jan Myrdal (1927), Runer Jonsson (1916), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Elin Wägner (1882), Fredrik Backman (1981), and Katarina Frostenson (1953). After her are Jan Arnald (1963), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Mari Jungstedt (1962), Peter Englund (1957), and Frank Heller (1886).

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