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Elin Wägner

1882 - 1949

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Elin Matilda Elisabet Wägner (16 May 1882 – 7 January 1949) was a Swedish writer, journalist, feminist, teacher, ecologist and pacifist. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elin Wägner is the 4,611th most popular writer (down from 4,563rd in 2019), the 718th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elin Wägner ranks 4,611 out of 7,302. Before her are Paruyr Sevak, Per Wästberg, Mervyn Peake, Einar Benediktsson, Ekaterine Gabashvili, and Solomana Kante. After her are Ioannis Chrysafis, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Taranatha, Winston Graham, Krishan Chander, and August Spies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Elin Wägner ranks 205. Before her are Frederick Moloney, Willem Elsschot, Géza Kiss, Paul Bekker, Alfred Keller, and Purushottam Das Tandon. After her are Giovanni Amendola, Percy Grainger, George Bancroft, Pierre Mac Orlan, Ivan Olbracht, and Albert Coates. Among people deceased in 1949, Elin Wägner ranks 135. Before her are Carlo Galetti, Themistoklis Sofoulis, Eusebio Castigliano, Guglielmo Gabetto, Valerio Bacigalupo, and Stoyan Danev. After her are Aldo Ballarin, Nora Gregor, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Nikolai Semashko, Sevasti Qiriazi, and Jean-Pierre Wimille.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elin Wägner ranks 718 out of 1,879. Before her are Gustav Wetterström (1911), Neneh Cherry (1964), Oscar Dickson (1823), Gösta Olson (1883), Per Wästberg (1933), and Anders Gärderud (1946). After her are Göran Claeson (1945), Anna-Lisa Eriksson (1928), Tor Aulin (1866), Lasse Berghagen (1945), Bill Skarsgård (1990), and Dan Andersson (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Elin Wägner ranks 60. Before her are Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Jan Myrdal (1927), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Runer Jonsson (1916), and Per Wästberg (1933). After her are Dan Andersson (1888), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Göran Tunström (1937), Barbro Lindgren (1937), and Jan Arnald (1963).

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