WRITER

Gustaf Fröding

1860 - 1911

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Gustaf Fröding (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈfrø̂ːdɪŋ] ; 22 August 1860 – 8 February 1911) was a Swedish poet and writer from Alster, Värmland. The family moved to Kristinehamn in the year 1867. He later studied at Uppsala University and worked as a journalist in Karlstad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustaf Fröding is the 4,007th most popular writer (down from 3,918th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 570th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among writers, Gustaf Fröding ranks 4,007 out of 7,302. Before him are Simin Behbahani, Alykul Osmonov, Carmen Martín Gaite, Herbert Achternbusch, Bei Dao, and Sahakdukht. After him are Jan Kott, Jules Lemaître, Marcel Arland, Ibn Bibi, Ferdinand Bruckner, and Bat Ye'or.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Gustaf Fröding ranks 102. Before him are Jackson Showalter, Karl Staaff, Kolë Idromeno, Ishi, Lipót Baumhorn, and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten. After him are Alberto Franchetti, Albert von Le Coq, Will Keith Kellogg, José Figueroa Alcorta, Frederik van Eeden, and Themistoklis Sofoulis. Among people deceased in 1911, Gustaf Fröding ranks 69. Before him are Kōtoku Shūsui, Anton Josef Gruscha, Ernst Brenner, Carl Fredrik Hill, W. S. Gilbert, and Pedro Paterno. After him are Edwin Austin Abbey, José López Domínguez, Kanno Sugako, John Douglas, Dragan Tsankov, and Mirza Alakbar Sabir.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustaf Fröding ranks 591 out of 1,879. Before him are Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833), Moa Martinson (1890), Gösta Dunker (1905), Kikki Danielsson (1952), and Martha Norelius (1909). After him are Johan Renck (1966), Elisabeth Söderström (1927), Adolf Wiklund (1921), Klas Ingesson (1968), Henry Eriksson (1920), and Eva Bonnier (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Gustaf Fröding ranks 49. Before him are Torgny Lindgren (1938), Åsa Larsson (1966), Lina Sandell (1832), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Hjalmar Bergman (1883), and Moa Martinson (1890). After him are Leif G. W. Persson (1945), Sven Lindqvist (1932), David Lagercrantz (1962), Sara Lidman (1923), Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), and Jan Myrdal (1927).

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