WRITER

Gustaf Fröding

1860 - 1911

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Gustaf Fröding (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈfrø̂ːdɪŋ] ; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer from Alster, Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustaf Fröding has received more than 74,250 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustaf Fröding is the 3,919th most popular writer (down from 3,514th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 479th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gustaf Fröding ranks 3,919 out of 7,302. Before him are Fernando de Herrera, Vera Inber, Jakob Abbadie, Leonidas of Tarentum, Ludwig Anzengruber, and César Aira. After him are Irakli Abashidze, Katherine Anne Porter, Taranatha, Moa Martinson, Nuruddin Farah, and Elmer Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Gustaf Fröding ranks 98. Before him are Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, Susanna M. Salter, Kaarlo Castrén, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Karl Staaff, and Ali Rıza Pasha. After him are Józef Bilczewski, Albert von Le Coq, Ishi, Frederik van Eeden, Charles de Broqueville, and Lipót Baumhorn. Among people deceased in 1911, Gustaf Fröding ranks 62. Before him are Nikolay Beketov, Reinhold Begas, Carl Fredrik Hill, Edwin Austin Abbey, Florentino Ameghino, and Carrie Nation. After him are Ivan Grohar, Alphonse Legros, Carolina Coronado, Kanno Sugako, Quanah Parker, and Christian Lundeberg.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf Fröding ranks 570 out of 1,879. Before him are Sven Axbom (1926), Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Janet Ågren (1949), Lisbeth Palme (1931), Arne Åhman (1925), and Lennart Nilsson (1922). After him are Nils Edén (1871), Sven Jonasson (1909), Moa Martinson (1890), Magnus Wislander (1964), Fredrik von Otter (1833), and Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Gustaf Fröding ranks 49. Before him are Liza Marklund (1962), Viveca Sten (1959), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), and Hjalmar Bergman (1883). After him are Moa Martinson (1890), Dagmar Lange (1914), Lina Sandell (1832), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Dan Andersson (1888), and Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901).

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