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Klas Östergren

1955 - Today

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Klas Östergren (born 20 February 1955) is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator. Östergren had a breakthrough with his fourth novel Gentlemen in 1980. He has been awarded numerous Swedish literary prizes, such as Doblougska priset in 1998 and the grand prize by the literary society, Samfundet De Nio in 2005, as well as being nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klas Östergren has received more than 67,834 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Klas Östergren is the 5,836th most popular writer (down from 5,231st in 2019), the 1,059th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 855th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Klas Östergren ranks 5,836 out of 5,755. Before him are Bernice Rubens, Ram Swarup, Dave Eggers, S. E. Hinton, Denise Levertov, and Abby Mann. After him are William Collins, Zadie Smith, Dmitry Bykov, Ernest Cline, James Bowen, and George Peele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Klas Östergren ranks 469. Before him are Virginia Ruzici, Stéphane Dion, Peter Christopherson, Andreas Maislinger, Carol Shaw, and Miloš Hrstić. After him are Steve Ovett, Carmen Reinhart, Élie Baup, Maud Olofsson, Uwe Reinders, and Egidio Miragoli.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Klas Östergren ranks 1,059 out of 1,612. Before him are Jesper Strömblad (1972), Albin Ekdal (1989), Isabella Lövin (1963), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Elsa Hosk (1988), and Sverker Johansson (1961). After him are Kenny Bräck (1966), Nils Silfverskiöld (1888), Bo Ralph (1945), Elize Ryd (1984), Hanna Öberg (1995), and Tuva Novotny (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Klas Östergren ranks 91. Before him are Gunnel Vallquist (1918), Stig Claesson (1928), Göran Sonnevi (1939), John Ajvide Lindqvist (1968), Eva Ström (1947), and Sonja Åkesson (1926). After him are Martin Österdahl (1973), Kristina Ohlsson (1979), Sara Stridsberg (1972), Rick Falkvinge (1972), Lena Andersson (1970), and Lotta Lotass (1964).

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