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Kjell Espmark

1930 - 2022

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Kjell Erik Espmark (19 February 1930 – 18 September 2022) was a Swedish writer, literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy, and Professor of the History of Literature at Stockholm University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 5 March 1981 and admitted on 20 December 1981. Kjell Espmark succeeded the linguist Elias Wessén to Seat No.16. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kjell Espmark has received more than 52,904 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kjell Espmark is the 5,460th most popular writer, the 922nd most popular biography from Sweden and the 80th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

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  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kjell Espmark ranks 5,460 out of 5,755Before him are Rói Patursson, Ali Smith, Adelaide Anne Procter, Alasdair Gray, Khushwant Singh, and Leon Kruczkowski. After him are Mary Oliver, Philip Agee, Lydie Salvayre, Vincenzo Consolo, Gerrit Achterberg, and Hans Jæger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kjell Espmark ranks 472Before him are Blue Mitchell, Ian Burgess, Edward Givens, Sigvard Ericsson, Jiří Skobla, and Elaine Stewart. After him are Georg Stollenwerk, Wojciech Zabłocki, Armando Segato, Douglas Hurd, Conn Findlay, and Jim Loscutoff. Among people deceased in 2022, Kjell Espmark ranks 356Before him are Alexandra Zabelina, Carlo Galli, Raymond Briggs, Robert Morse, Ri Yong-ho, and Pat Carroll. After him are Marietta Giannakou, Scott Hall, Frédérick Tristan, Maria Gusakova, Jose Maria Sison, and Larry Storch.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 922 out of 1,612Before him are Göte Hagström (1918), Majgull Axelsson (1947), Roger Pontare (1951), Evy Berggren (1934), Nils Ramm (1903), and Peter Jacob Hjelm (1746). After him are Ingemar Hedberg (1920), Joacim Cans (1970), Per Wästberg (1933), Magnus Samuelsson (1969), Sven Forssman (1882), and Sven-Åke Lundbäck (1948).

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Kjell Espmark ranks 80Before him are Frank Heller (1886), Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894), Fredrik Backman (1981), Kristina Lugn (1948), Lars Ahlin (1915), and Majgull Axelsson (1947). After him are Per Wästberg (1933), Karin Alvtegen (1965), Johan Theorin (1963), Birger Sjöberg (1885), Gunnel Vallquist (1918), and Stig Claesson (1928).