1932 - 2019
Sven Oskar Lindqvist (28 March 1932 – 14 May 2019) was a prolific Swedish author whose 35 books range from essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose to travel and reportage. He was educated at Stockholm University, and spent a year as a cultural attaché in Beijing, but spent most of his life as a writer, known for his persistence and independence. In the 1970s he established the public history movement Dig Where You Stand. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sven Lindqvist has received more than 140,157 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sven Lindqvist is the 2,861st most popular writer (up from 3,706th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 518th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Sven Lindqvist ranks 2,861 out of 5,755. Before her are Ubayd Zakani, Raffi, Symeon of Polotsk, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Al-Asmaʿi, and Claude Farrère. After her are John Banville, Antonio de Guevara, Jeppe Aakjær, Nathan Birnbaum, Mika Antić, and Booker T. Washington.
1301 - 1371
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,855
1835 - 1888
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,856
1629 - 1680
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,857
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,858
740 - 828
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,859
1876 - 1957
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,860
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,861
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,862
1480 - 1544
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,863
1866 - 1930
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,864
1864 - 1937
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 2,865
1932 - 1986
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,866
1856 - 1915
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 2,867
Among people born in 1932, Sven Lindqvist ranks 187. Before her are Michihiro Ozawa, Yukio Shimomura, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Vladimir Voinovich, Tommy Taylor, and King Hu. After her are Mika Antić, Majel Barrett, John Glen, Eileen Brennan, Qahhor Mahkamov, and Helmut Griem. Among people deceased in 2019, Sven Lindqvist ranks 171. Before her are Sylvia Miles, José Luis Brown, Krishna Sobti, Vonda N. McIntyre, Peggy Lipton, and Momir Bulatović. After her are Prosper Grech, Seymour Cassel, Don Alden Adams, Charles Gérard, Margarita Salas, and David Koch.
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 181
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 182
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 183
1932 - 2018
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 184
1932 - 1958
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 185
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 186
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 187
1932 - 1986
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 188
1932 - 2008
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 189
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 190
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 191
1932 - 2016
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 192
1932 - 2004
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 193
1924 - 2019
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 165
1956 - 2019
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 166
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 167
1948 - 2019
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 168
1946 - 2019
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 169
1956 - 2019
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 170
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 171
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 172
1935 - 2019
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 173
1925 - 2019
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 174
1922 - 2019
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 175
1938 - 2019
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 176
1940 - 2019
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 177
Among people born in Sweden, Sven Lindqvist ranks 394 out of 1,612. Before her are Pehr Osbeck (1723), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), and Lennart Nilsson (1922). After her are Tore Keller (1905), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Eugène Jansson (1862), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), and Anders Dahl (1751).
1723 - 1805
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 388
979 - 1035
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 389
1694 - 1758
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 390
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 391
1805 - 1853
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 392
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 393
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 394
1905 - 1988
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 395
1710 - 1772
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 396
1862 - 1915
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 397
1906 - 1991
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 398
1823 - 1895
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 399
1751 - 1789
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 400
Among writers born in Sweden, Sven Lindqvist ranks 33. Before her are Jonas Jonasson (1961), Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), and Victoria Benedictsson (1850). After her are Artur Lundkvist (1906), Lars Norén (1944), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), and Ulf Stark (1944).
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 27
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 28
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 29
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 30
1793 - 1866
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 31
1850 - 1888
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 32
1932 - 2019
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 33
1906 - 1991
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 34
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 35
1907 - 1968
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 36
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 37
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 38
1944 - 2017
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 39