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 63,635 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sven Nordqvist is the 2,731st most popular writer (up from 2,894th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 400th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Sven Nordqvist ranks 2,731 out of 5,794. Before him are Maksym Rylsky, Ford Madox Ford, Katherine Paterson, Robert M. Pirsig, Charles Pinot Duclos, and Abdurauf Fitrat. After him are Miklós Radnóti, Jean Lorrain, Janosch, Mihail Sadoveanu, Ada Negri, and Mirra Alfassa.
1895 - 1964
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 2,725
1873 - 1939
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 2,726
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 2,727
1928 - 2017
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,728
1704 - 1772
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,729
1885 - 1938
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,730
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,731
1909 - 1944
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,732
1855 - 1906
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,733
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,734
1880 - 1961
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,735
1870 - 1945
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 2,736
1878 - 1973
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 2,737
Among people born in 1946, Sven Nordqvist ranks 213. Before him are Joanna Lumley, Udo Lindenberg, Irena Szewińska, Tyne Daly, Al Green, and Johnson Toribiong. After him are André Dussollier, Stephen Rea, Roméo Dallaire, Henrique Rosa, Zhang Dejiang, and Dick van Dijk.
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 207
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 208
1946 - 2018
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 209
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 210
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 211
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 212
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 213
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 214
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 215
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 216
1946 - 2013
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 217
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 218
1946 - 1997
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 219
Among people born in Sweden, Sven Nordqvist ranks 378 out of 1,296. Before him are Gustav Trolle (1488), Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Malena Ernman (1970), Erik Nilsson (1916), Björn Andrésen (1955), and Georg Stiernhielm (1598). After him are Kristina Lugn (1948), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Sofia Helin (1972), Alicia Vikander (1988), and Mikkey Dee (1963).
1488 - 1535
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 372
1948 - 1978
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 373
1970 - Present
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 374
1916 - 1995
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 375
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 376
1598 - 1672
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 377
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 378
1948 - 2020
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 379
1906 - 1991
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 380
1277 - 1319
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 381
1972 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 382
1988 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 383
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 384
Among writers born in Sweden, Sven Nordqvist ranks 33. Before him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Ulf Stark (1944), Liza Marklund (1962), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), and Georg Stiernhielm (1598). After him are Kristina Lugn (1948), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Jonas Jonasson (1961), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), and Esaias Tegnér (1782).
1898 - 1973
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 27
1927 - 2007
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 28
1944 - 2017
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 29
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 30
1793 - 1866
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 31
1598 - 1672
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 32
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 33
1948 - 2020
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 34
1906 - 1991
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 35
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 36
1907 - 1968
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 37
1783 - 1847
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 38
1782 - 1846
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 39