WRITER

Håkan Nesser

1950 - Today

Photo of Håkan Nesser

Icon of person Håkan Nesser

Håkan Nesser (born 21 February 1950) is a Swedish author and teacher who mainly writes crime fiction. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the prestigious Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into more than twenty languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Håkan Nesser is the 2,179th most popular writer (down from 1,729th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 264th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Håkan Nesser by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Håkan Nesser ranks 2,179 out of 7,302. Before him are Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Aleksander Chodźko, Yuan Mei, Judith Kerr, Cesare Zavattini, and Asclepiades of Samos. After him are Pierre Lemaitre, George Tabori, Thorbjørn Egner, Terry Eagleton, Gaston III, Count of Foix, and Andrey Kurkov.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Håkan Nesser ranks 157. Before him are Adrian Năstase, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Terry Gou, Dudu Georgescu, John Landis, and Camarón de la Isla. After him are Elya Baskin, Natalie Cole, Keizo Imai, Danny Sullivan, Juan Gabriel, and Joyce Banda.

Others Born in 1950

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Håkan Nesser ranks 324 out of 1,879. Before him are Daniel Solander (1733), Eva Dahlbeck (1920), Bo Widerberg (1930), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), and Per Wahlöö (1926). After him are John, Duke of Östergötland (1589), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1540), and Thomas Ravelli (1959).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Håkan Nesser ranks 23. Before him are Stig Dagerman (1923), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Maria Gripe (1923), Elsa Beskow (1874), and Per Wahlöö (1926). After him are Sven Nordqvist (1946), Ulf Stark (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Viveca Sten (1959), and Artur Lundkvist (1906).

Swedish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous