WRITER

Fredrik Backman

1981 - Today

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Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He wrote A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), and The Winners (2022). The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredrik Backman has received more than 1,210,545 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Fredrik Backman is the 4,717th most popular writer (up from 5,233rd in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 854th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fredrik Backman ranks 4,717 out of 7,302. Before him are I. A. L. Diamond, Peter Seeberg, Shel Silverstein, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, James Thomson, and Edward William Lane. After him are Saul Alinsky, Robert B. Parker, Sanchuniathon, Cordwainer Smith, Michael Frayn, and Edith Sitwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Fredrik Backman ranks 82. Before him are Nicky Hayden, Cacau, Matthias Schweighöfer, Julia Stiles, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and Maher Zain. After him are Michel Teló, Gustavo Dudamel, Jared Kushner, Mohamed Zidan, Simon Ammann, and Joe Cole.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Fredrik Backman ranks 713 out of 1,879. Before him are August Malmström (1829), Victor Hasselblad (1906), Gunder Hägg (1918), Carl Skottsberg (1880), Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), and Magdalena Forsberg (1967). After him are Gunnar Sköld (1894), Jenny Berggren (1972), Martin Lundström (1918), Hjalmar Johansson (1874), Eddie Meduza (1948), and Glenn Hysén (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Fredrik Backman ranks 61. Before him are Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Sara Lidman (1923), Jan Myrdal (1927), Runer Jonsson (1916), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), and Elin Wägner (1882). After him are Katarina Frostenson (1953), Barbro Lindgren (1937), Jan Arnald (1963), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), and Mari Jungstedt (1962).

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