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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 1,078,719 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fredrik Backman is the 5,252nd most popular writer (down from 5,144th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 829th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fredrik Backman ranks 5,252 out of 5,755. Before him are Monica Lovinescu, Rick Warren, Liao Yiwu, Farley Mowat, Antonia Fraser, and Joe Hill. After him are Jørn Lier Horst, René Boylesve, Armen Ohanian, Tony Duvert, Théodore Aubanel, and Ian McDonald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Fredrik Backman ranks 136. Before him are Christina Milian, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Michiel Huisman, Audrey Tang, Summer Glau, and Tora Berger. After him are Charlotte Riley, Lleyton Hewitt, Jo In-sung, Boyd Holbrook, Clive Standen, and Elena Dementieva.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Fredrik Backman ranks 855 out of 1,612. Before him are Stefan Holm (1976), Hugo Jahnke (1886), Axel Nordlander (1879), Martha Norelius (1909), Bengt Berndtsson (1933), and Vilhelm Carlberg (1880). After him are Britt Strandberg (1934), Pernilla Wiberg (1970), Stig Sjölin (1928), Roy Andersson (1949), Hasse Backe (1952), and Tommy Söderberg (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Fredrik Backman ranks 76. Before him are Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Lukas Moodysson (1969), Per Olof Sundman (1922), Peter Englund (1957), Frank Heller (1886), and Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894). After him are Kristina Lugn (1948), Lars Ahlin (1915), Majgull Axelsson (1947), Kjell Espmark (1930), Per Wästberg (1933), and Karin Alvtegen (1965).

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