WRITER

Stieg Larsson

1954 - 2004

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Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, Swedish: [ˈkɑːɭ stiːɡ ˈæ̌ːɭand ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn]; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2005, after he died of a sudden heart attack. The trilogy was adapted as three motion pictures in Sweden, and one in the U.S. (for the first book only). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stieg Larsson has received more than 3,498,372 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Stieg Larsson is the 611th most popular writer (up from 636th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Sweden and the 10th most popular Swedish Writer.

Stieg Larsson is most famous for his Millennium trilogy, which includes the novels The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stieg Larsson ranks 611 out of 7,302. Before him are Erich Kästner, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, Columella, and Alexander Herzen. After him are Madame Roland, Ferenc Molnár, Anton Makarenko, Dietrich Eckart, Olga Tokarczuk, and Bert Hellinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Stieg Larsson ranks 22. Before him are Jean-Claude Juncker, Mario Kempes, Fernando Santos, Kazuo Ishiguro, Oprah Winfrey, and Dieter Bohlen. After him are Ray Liotta, Ang Lee, Jorge Jesus, Serzh Sargsyan, Annie Lennox, and Harald Schumacher. Among people deceased in 2004, Stieg Larsson ranks 25. Before him are Christopher Reeve, Akhmad Kadyrov, Janet Leigh, Helmut Newton, Maurice Wilkins, and Renata Tebaldi. After him are Laura Branigan, Leônidas, Carlos Kleiber, Ingrid Thulin, Sune Bergström, and Estée Lauder.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Stieg Larsson ranks 88 out of 1,879. Before him are Hugo Theorell (1903), Axel Oxenstierna (1583), Kai Siegbahn (1918), Charles VIII of Sweden (1409), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Birger Jarl (1210). After him are Jenny Lind (1820), Marie Fredriksson (1958), Ermanaric (400), Ronnie Peterson (1944), Axel Munthe (1857), and Keke Rosberg (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Stieg Larsson ranks 10. Before him are Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Henning Mankell (1948), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), and Harry Martinson (1904). After him are Ellen Key (1849), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Karin Boye (1900), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Olaus Petri (1493).

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