1946 - Today
Sven Otto Rickard Nordqvist (born 30 April 1946) is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about the old farmer Pettson and his talented cat Findus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sven Nordqvist has received more than 88,907 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sven Nordqvist is the 2,105th most popular writer (up from 2,729th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 378th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Sven Nordqvist ranks 2,105 out of 5,755. Before him are Nihal Atsız, Fritz Leiber, Nguyễn Du, Samuil Marshak, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and Ludwig Uhland. After him are Rahul Sankrityayan, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Hamdallah Mustawfi, Jean Paulhan, and Hallgrímur Pétursson.
1905 - 1975
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,099
1910 - 1992
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,100
1765 - 1820
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,101
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,102
1597 - 1654
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 2,103
1787 - 1862
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,104
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,105
1893 - 1963
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,106
1713 - 1796
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 2,107
1824 - 1873
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,108
1281 - 1349
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,109
1884 - 1968
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,110
1614 - 1674
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 2,111
Among people born in 1946, Sven Nordqvist ranks 187. Before him are Abdul Ali Mazari, Bernd Hölzenbein, Claire Denis, Matthieu Ricard, Stephen Rea, and Héctor Babenco. After him are Fernando Filoni, Joanna Lumley, Héctor Lavoe, Riccardo Cocciante, Cheech Marin, and Tyne Daly.
1946 - 1995
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 181
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 182
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 183
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 184
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 185
1946 - 2016
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 186
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 187
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 188
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 189
1946 - 1993
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 190
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 191
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 192
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 193
Among people born in Sweden, Sven Nordqvist ranks 301 out of 1,612. Before him are Jan-Ove Waldner (1965), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Johannes Magnus (1488), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Noomi Rapace (1979), and Erik Dahlbergh (1625). After him are Anita Björk (1923), Christopher Polhem (1661), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Anna of Sweden (1545), Svante Nilsson (1460), and Siw Malmkvist (1936).
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 295
1616 - 1662
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 296
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 297
1568 - 1625
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 298
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 299
1625 - 1703
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 300
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 301
1923 - 2012
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 302
1661 - 1751
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 303
1846 - 1926
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 304
1545 - 1610
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 305
1460 - 1512
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 306
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 307
Among writers born in Sweden, Sven Nordqvist ranks 25. Before him are Per Wahlöö (1926), Maria Gripe (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Elsa Beskow (1874), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), and Karin Boye (1900). After him are Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793).
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 19
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 20
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 21
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 22
1869 - 1941
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 23
1900 - 1941
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 25
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 26
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