1938 - 2017
Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer.Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several years he was active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torgny Lindgren has received more than 46,343 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Torgny Lindgren is the 3,797th most popular writer (down from 3,135th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 436th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Torgny Lindgren ranks 3,797 out of 5,755. Before him are Masuji Ibuse, Mihailo Lalić, Dominique Fernandez, Kočo Racin, Saul Alinsky, and Maxwell Anderson. After him are Aleksandar Tišma, Bret Harte, Cecco Angiolieri, Kim Stanley Robinson, James Redfield, and Mary Renault.
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,791
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,792
1929 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,793
1908 - 1943
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,794
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 3,795
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 3,796
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,797
1924 - 2003
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 3,798
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,799
1260 - 1312
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,800
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 3,801
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,802
1905 - 1983
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 3,803
Among people born in 1938, Torgny Lindgren ranks 294. Before him are Michael Verhoeven, Bruno Bozzetto, Sergio Martino, Karin Balzer, Lester Bird, and Daevid Allen. After him are Barry Jackson, Bahram Beyzai, Herman Daly, Cayetano Ré, Mahmoud El-Gohary, and Jaki Liebezeit. Among people deceased in 2017, Torgny Lindgren ranks 251. Before him are Brad Harris, Velasio de Paolis, Sue Grafton, Octavio Lepage, Željko Perušić, and Leonid Bronevoy. After him are Ángel Berni, Ricardo Piglia, Chiquito de la Calzada, Ernst Zündel, Nicky Hayden, and Teresa Ann Savoy.
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 288
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 289
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 290
1938 - 2019
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 291
1938 - 2021
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 292
1938 - 2015
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 293
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 294
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 295
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 296
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 297
1938 - 2013
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 298
1938 - 2012
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 299
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 300
1933 - 2017
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 245
1935 - 2017
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 246
1940 - 2017
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 247
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 248
1936 - 2017
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 249
1928 - 2017
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 250
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 251
1931 - 2017
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 252
1941 - 2017
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 253
1932 - 2017
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 254
1939 - 2017
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 255
1981 - 2017
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 256
1955 - 2017
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 257
Among people born in Sweden, Torgny Lindgren ranks 528 out of 1,612. Before him are Karl Staaff (1860), Björn Skifs (1947), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Bo Johansson (1942), Fredrik von Otter (1833), and Nils Johan Andersson (1821). After him are Eric Ericson (1918), Karl Staaf (1881), Ylva Johansson (1964), Carl Fredrik Hill (1849), Peter Haber (1952), and Ola Rapace (1971).
1860 - 1915
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 522
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 523
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 524
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 525
1833 - 1910
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 526
1821 - 1880
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 527
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 528
1918 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 529
1881 - 1953
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 530
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 531
1849 - 1911
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 532
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 533
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 534
Among writers born in Sweden, Torgny Lindgren ranks 49. Before him are Gustaf Fröding (1860), Lina Sandell (1832), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783), Kerstin Ekman (1933), David Lagercrantz (1962), and Moa Martinson (1890). After him are Runer Jonsson (1916), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Barbro Lindgren (1937), Dan Andersson (1888), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), and Elin Wägner (1882).
1860 - 1911
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 43
1832 - 1903
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 44
1783 - 1847
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 45
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 46
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 47
1890 - 1964
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 48
1938 - 2017
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 49
1916 - 2006
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 50
1790 - 1855
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 51
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 52
1888 - 1920
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 53
1718 - 1763
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 54
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 55