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Torgny Lindgren

1938 - 2017

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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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  • 46k

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  • 49.26

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Torgny Lindgren ranks 3,797 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Torgny Lindgren ranks 294Before 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 251Before 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.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Torgny Lindgren ranks 528 out of 1,612Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Torgny Lindgren ranks 49Before 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).