WRITER

Frans G. Bengtsson

1894 - 1954

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Frans Gunnar Bengtsson (4 October 1894 – 19 December 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans G. Bengtsson has received more than 78,431 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Frans G. Bengtsson is the 2,799th most popular writer (down from 2,323rd in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 329th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 78k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frans G. Bengtsson ranks 2,799 out of 7,302. Before him are Juvencus, Daniël Heinsius, Malwida von Meysenbug, Macropedius, Takiji Kobayashi, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are Denis Davydov, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Lev Kopelev, Mouloud Mammeri, Arthur Cravan, and Moderata Fonte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Frans G. Bengtsson ranks 119. Before him are Eduard Wagner, Pavel Rybalko, Riad Al Solh, E. C. Segar, Âşık Veysel, and Warren Weaver. After him are Saken Seifullin, Varvara Stepanova, Elvira Popescu, Augustín Malár, Werner March, and Kyuichi Tokuda. Among people deceased in 1954, Frans G. Bengtsson ranks 70. Before him are Mikimoto Kōkichi, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Onofre Marimón, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Friedrich Meinecke, and Wilhelm Brückner. After him are Henri Laurens, Édouard Le Roy, M. N. Roy, Rudolf Beran, Machine Gun Kelly, and Clara Westhoff.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Frans G. Bengtsson ranks 394 out of 1,879. Before him are Art Spiegelman (1948), Stefan Persson (1947), Sven Rydell (1905), Knut Nordahl (1920), Laurentius Petri (1499), and Mai Zetterling (1925). After him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Tore Keller (1905), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Malena Ernman (1970), and Peter Haber (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Frans G. Bengtsson ranks 31. Before him are Ulf Stark (1944), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Maria Gripe (1923), David Lagercrantz (1962), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Artur Lundkvist (1906). After him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), and Gunnar Ekelöf (1907).

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