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WRITER

Maj Sjöwall

1935 - 2020

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Maj Sjöwall (Swedish pronunciation: [maj ˈɧø̂ːval]; 25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective Martin Beck. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maj Sjöwall has received more than 163,100 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Maj Sjöwall is the 1,277th most popular writer (down from 859th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 118th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swedish Writer.

Maj Sjöwall is most famous for her novel series that was made into a movie called "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maj Sjöwall ranks 1,277 out of 5,755. Before her are Maurus Servius Honoratus, Ivan Vazov, R. L. Stine, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, W. G. Sebald, and August von Kotzebue. After her are Alexander Afanasyev, Georg Kaiser, Matthias Flacius, Émile Gaboriau, Jan Długosz, and Ibn Sirin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Maj Sjöwall ranks 64. Before her are Richard Kuklinski, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Forough Farrokhzad, Viktor Bryukhanov, John Saxon, and Akira Kitaguchi. After her are Elsa Martinelli, John G. Avildsen, Monique Wittig, Lee Remick, Sonny Bono, and Floyd Patterson. Among people deceased in 2020, Maj Sjöwall ranks 81. Before her are Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Mario J. Molina, Per Olov Enquist, John Saxon, Honor Blackman, and Freeman Dyson. After her are Chadwick Boseman, John Horton Conway, Chuck Yeager, Manu Dibango, Jerry Stiller, and Radomir Antić.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Maj Sjöwall ranks 196 out of 1,612. Before her are Per Olov Enquist (1934), Ann-Margret (1941), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Gunilla Bielke (1568), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), and Gideon Sundback (1880). After her are Mats Wilander (1964), Nicolai Gedda (1925), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Per Gessle (1959), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), and Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Maj Sjöwall ranks 14. Before her are Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Martinson (1904), Stieg Larsson (1954), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Ellen Key (1849), and Per Olov Enquist (1934). After her are Stig Dagerman (1923), Håkan Nesser (1950), Jan Guillou (1944), Olaus Petri (1493), Per Wahlöö (1926), and Maria Gripe (1923).

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