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Runer Jonsson

1916 - 2006

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Runer Jonsson (29 June 1916 — 29 October 2006) was a Swedish journalist and author. He was editor of Nybro Tidning and the author of the Vicke Viking series of children's books adapted into the animated series Vicky the Viking. At the age of 13, Jonsson was already working for the newspaper Nybro Tidning, and at 19 he became its sole editor in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Runer Jonsson has received more than 27,168 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Runer Jonsson is the 4,554th most popular writer (down from 3,848th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 535th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

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  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Runer Jonsson ranks 4,554 out of 7,302. Before him are Can Xue, Kamala Surayya, Ernst Stadler, Isaac Watts, Nikolay Zabolotsky, and Ariel Durant. After him are Charles Simic, Philippe Hériat, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Jayakanthan, Birgitta Trotzig, and Amiri Baraka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Runer Jonsson ranks 188. Before him are Ralph Nelson, David Douglas Duncan, Josef Gauchel, S. Yizhar, Rong Yiren, and Bernard Heuvelmans. After him are Dinah Shore, Charles Kittel, Yasuji Miyazaki, Ettore Puricelli, Einar Englund, and Helene Hanff. Among people deceased in 2006, Runer Jonsson ranks 220. Before him are Tihomir Ognjanov, Lou Rawls, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oskar Pastior, S. Yizhar, and Don Knotts. After him are Zdravko Rajkov, Said Mohamed Djohar, Hilde Domin, Betty Curtis, Gene Pitney, and Abdul-Halim Sadulayev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Runer Jonsson ranks 677 out of 1,879. Before him are Åke Seyffarth (1919), Erika Lust (1977), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Sven Andersson (1907), Karin Lindberg (1929), and Uschi Digard (1948). After him are Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Glenn Strömberg (1960), Haakon Sörvik (1886), Christian Lundeberg (1842), Carl Holmberg (1884), and Elin Wägner (1882).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Runer Jonsson ranks 58. Before him are Lina Sandell (1832), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Dan Andersson (1888), Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Sara Lidman (1923), and Jan Myrdal (1927). After him are Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Elin Wägner (1882), Fredrik Backman (1981), Katarina Frostenson (1953), Barbro Lindgren (1937), and Jan Arnald (1963).

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