WRITER

Gunilla Bergström

1942 - 2021

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Gunilla Elisabet Dukure Bergström (3 July 1942 – 23 August 2021) was a Swedish author, journalist, and illustrator. She is best known for her series of children's books about the character Alfie Atkins (Swedish: Alfons Åberg), which she wrote and illustrated. Books about her character were translated into many languages, and some were adapted into film, television and theatre plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunilla Bergström has received more than 57,953 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gunilla Bergström is the 3,371st most popular writer (down from 3,050th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 416th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Alfonsê şûm li ku ye?
Asia; Middle East; Turkey, Azië; Nabije Oosten; Turkije, Asia; Middle East; Kurds
2002
Birek bive ye Alfons Oberg
Fathers and sons, Juvenile fiction, Building
2000
Good Night, Alfie Atkins
Children: Kindergarten, Bedtime, Fiction
2005
Vem spökar Alfons Åberg?
1983
Lycklige Alfons Åberg
1984
Very Tricky, Alfie Atkins
2005

Page views of Gunilla Bergströms by language

Over the past year Gunilla Bergström has had the most page views in the with 15,495 views, followed by English (4,276), and German (2,257). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (254.84%), Macedonian (63.69%), and Arabic (62.35%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gunilla Bergström ranks 3,371 out of 7,302. Before her are Anar Rzayev, Fanny Crosby, Rutebeuf, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Willibald Pirckheimer, and Daniel Guérin. After her are Viktor Astafyev, Robert de Clari, Corrado Alvaro, Itō Noe, Philotheus of Pskov, and Mykola Khvylovy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gunilla Bergström ranks 291. Before her are Meredith Monk, Jeetendra, Peter Norman, Lyudmila Zhivkova, Martin Rees, and Nobby Stiles. After her are Janko Prunk, Philip Catherine, Abdulsalami Abubakar, John Shrapnel, Wu Ma, and Anneke Grönloh. Among people deceased in 2021, Gunilla Bergström ranks 246. Before her are Roberto Calasso, Yitzhak Arad, Yvon Douis, Carla Fracci, Ivan Patzaichin, and Helmut Jahn. After her are Edmund Gettier, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Henri Schwery, B. J. Thomas, Norman Lloyd, and Milkha Singh.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunilla Bergström ranks 479 out of 1,879. Before her are Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Rickard Sandler (1884), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Anders Dahl (1751), Åse Kleveland (1949), and Christer Pettersson (1947). After her are Vilgot Sjöman (1924), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), Arvid Posse (1820), Sven Wollter (1934), and Karl Staaf (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Gunilla Bergström ranks 40. Before her are Esaias Tegnér (1782), Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), and Leif G. W. Persson (1945). After her are Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Viktor Rydberg (1828), Liza Marklund (1962), Viveca Sten (1959), Torgny Lindgren (1938), and Sven Lindqvist (1932).

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