WRITER

Dan Andersson

1888 - 1920

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Dan Andersson (6 April 1888 in Ludvika – 16 September 1920 in Stockholm) was a Swedish author, poet, and composer. He sometimes used the pen name Black Jim. Although he is counted among the Swedish proletarian authors, his works are not limited to that genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Andersson has received more than 57,362 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Dan Andersson is the 4,189th most popular writer (down from 3,936th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 548th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

En spelmanssaga
1973
Ballader och spelmansvisor
1970
Kolarhistorier
1938
Valda brev 1906-1913
1972
De tre hemlösa
1935
Samlade skrifter
1945

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dan Andersson ranks 4,189 out of 7,302. Before him are Louise Erdrich, William Langland, Sonny Barger, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Frans Michael Franzén, and Almudena Grandes. After him are Wafa Sultan, Sotades, Simon Vestdijk, Ida B. Wells, Theodore Roszak, and Alexander Galich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Dan Andersson ranks 165. Before him are Elsa Brändström, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Marietta Shaginyan, Walther Kossel, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, and Zia ol Din Tabatabaee. After him are Alexander Chayanov, Irving Cummings, Walther von Wartburg, Gladys Cooper, František Langer, and Osip Brik. Among people deceased in 1920, Dan Andersson ranks 90. Before him are John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Luc-Olivier Merson, Arturo Soria y Mata, Heinrich Lammasch, Alexandru Macedonski, and Theodor Philipsen. After him are Panas Myrny, Théodore Flournoy, Hortense Schneider, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Heorhiy Narbut, and Gabrielle Réjane.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Dan Andersson ranks 615 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Swartz (1858), Waloddi Weibull (1887), Gösta Dunker (1905), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), and Karl Rudolphi (1771). After him are Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Eivar Widlund (1905), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), and Julia Beck (1853).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Dan Andersson ranks 54. Before him are Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Gustaf Fröding (1860), Moa Martinson (1890), Dagmar Lange (1914), Lina Sandell (1832), and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718). After him are Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Sara Lidman (1923), Jan Myrdal (1927), Runer Jonsson (1916), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), and Elin Wägner (1882).

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