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Jan Arnald

1963 - Today

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Jan Arnald (born 11 January 1963) is a Swedish novelist and literary critic, whose pen name is Arne Dahl. He has become famous with crime fiction, and he is also a regular writer in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. He published Barbarer (2001) and Maria och Artur (2006) under his own name, but under his pen name he has written a series of crime novels about a fictional group of Swedish crime investigators, called "A Gruppen" in Swedish and "the Intercrime Group" in the first English translation. The books are translated into several languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Arnald is the 4,911th most popular writer (up from 4,915th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 761st in 2019) and the 66th most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Arnald ranks 4,911 out of 7,302. Before him are Linn Ullmann, Pherecrates, Martin Kukučín, Erik Hornung, Philippe Néricault Destouches, and Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov. After him are Eva Crane, Ruth Maier, Mark Dvoretsky, Anna Löwenstein, Marieluise Fleißer, and Gulnazar Keldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jan Arnald ranks 273. Before him are Michael Chiklis, Greg Nicotero, Jørn Andersen, Clint Mansell, Olha Bryzhina, and Claudio Chiappucci. After him are Dario Marianelli, Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, Ivan Capelli, Nina Ananiashvili, and Vladimir Solovyov.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Arnald ranks 776 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Frederik von Breda (1759), Harald Cramér (1893), Karin Dreijer (1975), Carl Folcker (1889), Glenn Strömberg (1960), and May Britt (1933). After him are Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Margaretha Krook (1925), Nils Karlsson (1917), Bengt Berndtsson (1933), Uschi Digard (1948), and Gustaf Weidel (1890).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Jan Arnald ranks 66. Before him are Elin Wägner (1882), Dan Andersson (1888), Birgitta Trotzig (1929), Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901), Göran Tunström (1937), and Barbro Lindgren (1937). After him are Dagmar Lange (1914), Kjell Espmark (1930), Dagny Carlsson (1912), Mats Wahl (1945), Lukas Moodysson (1969), and Frank Heller (1886).

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