WRITER

Katarina Frostenson

1953 - Today

Photo of Katarina Frostenson

Icon of person Katarina Frostenson

Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her services to literature.Frostenson is one of Sweden's foremost poets, whose style unites experimental, traditional and archaic elements with a preoccupation with the materiality of language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katarina Frostenson has received more than 127,889 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Katarina Frostenson is the 4,773rd most popular writer (down from 4,626th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 690th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Berättelser från dom
1992
Rena land
1980
Karkas
2004
Traum
1996
I mellan
1978
Kristallvägen ; Safirgränd
2000

Page views of Katarina Frostensons by language

Over the past year Katarina Frostenson has had the most page views in the with 21,746 views, followed by English (9,537), and Danish (2,267). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (255.33%), Esperanto (136.14%), and Portuguese (61.81%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Katarina Frostenson ranks 4,773 out of 7,302. Before her are Abdulla Shaig, Richard Wagner, Susan Brownmiller, Zahrad, Philippe Djian, and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf. After her are Xaviera Hollander, Anna Enquist, Axel Bakunts, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Roger Vitrac, and Mirjam Pressler.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Katarina Frostenson ranks 303. Before her are Armand Amar, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Toshio Takabayashi, Ernest Bai Koroma, Enzo Trossero, and Cornel West. After her are Hiroyuki Usui, Kim Gordon, Jan Kjærstad, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Grażyna Szapołowska, and Kvitka Cisyk.

Others Born in 1953

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Katarina Frostenson ranks 722 out of 1,879. Before her are Martin Lundström (1918), Hjalmar Johansson (1874), Eddie Meduza (1948), Glenn Hysén (1959), Stig Sundqvist (1922), and Charlotte Perrelli (1974). After her are Johan Andreas Murray (1740), Christina Schollin (1937), Gustaf Dyrssen (1891), Thomas Nordahl (1946), Gerhard Louis De Geer (1854), and Gösta Löfgren (1923).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Katarina Frostenson ranks 62. Before her are Sara Lidman (1923), Jan Myrdal (1927), Runer Jonsson (1916), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Elin Wägner (1882), and Fredrik Backman (1981). After her are Barbro Lindgren (1937), Jan Arnald (1963), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Mari Jungstedt (1962), and Peter Englund (1957).

Swedish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous