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Elsa Beskow

1874 - 1953

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Elsa Beskow (née Maartman; 11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elsa Beskow is the 2,081st most popular writer (down from 1,500th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 231st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elsa Beskow ranks 2,081 out of 7,302. Before her are Alexander Belyaev, Oscar Milosz, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Isaac the Blind, Ibn al-Farid, and Piotr Skarga. After her are Wolfgang Borchert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Pierre Plantard, Salvador de Madariaga, François Hotman, and Marcus Tullius Tiro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Elsa Beskow ranks 72. Before her are René-Louis Baire, Lina Cavalieri, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, István Bethlen, Carl Schlechter, and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. After her are Mary Ann Bevan, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Isaac Carasso, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Nicola Canali, and Paul Wegener. Among people deceased in 1953, Elsa Beskow ranks 59. Before her are Stanisław Wojciechowski, Jacques Thibaud, Jim Lightbody, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, and Sergey Belyavsky. After her are Albert Gleizes, Julian Tuwim, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Nikolaos Plastiras, Ernst Reuter, and René Fonck.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 310 out of 1,879. Before her are Gillis Grafström (1893), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Maria Gripe (1923), Oskar Klein (1894), Stig Blomqvist (1946), and Siw Malmkvist (1936). After her are Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Gustav Trolle (1488), Bengt Strömgren (1908), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), Eli Heckscher (1879), and Lars Fredrik Nilson (1840).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 21. Before her are Per Olov Enquist (1934), Karin Boye (1900), Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), and Maria Gripe (1923). After her are Per Wahlöö (1926), Håkan Nesser (1950), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Ulf Stark (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793).

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