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Vilhelm Moberg

1898 - 1973

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Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater. His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his four‑volume series The Emigrants. The novels, published between 1949 and 1959, deal with the Swedish emigration to the United States in the 19th century. They have been adapted for a total of three movies (two in the 1970s and one in 2021), and a musical. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhelm Moberg is the 2,809th most popular writer (up from 2,821st in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 395th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 2,809 out of 7,302. Before him are Tony Robbins, Bekir Çoban-zade, Na Hye-sok, S. N. Goenka, Mary Mapes Dodge, and Doria Shafik. After him are Mastoureh Ardalan, Dritëro Agolli, Bernardo Atxaga, Elio Vittorini, Koriun, and Ibn Warraq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 124. Before him are Josep Sunyol, Vladimir Dekanozov, Kaj Munk, Pavel Urysohn, Messali Hadj, and Karl Koller. After him are Ada Blackjack, Benjamin Fondane, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Étienne Decroux, Lucius D. Clay, and Irene Dunne. Among people deceased in 1973, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 120. Before him are Karel Ančerl, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Gabriel Voisin, Salchak Toka, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, and Gene Krupa. After him are Laurens Hammond, Marthe Bibesco, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Jeannette Rankin, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, and Grigori Kozintsev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 424 out of 1,879. Before him are Ola Ullsten (1931), Kennet Andersson (1967), Alice Babs (1924), Johan Tobias Sergel (1740), Peter Artedi (1705), and Kalle Svensson (1925). After him are Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Åke Seyffarth (1919), Sven Andersson (1907), Petra Mede (1970), Björn at Haugi (832), and Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Vilhelm Moberg ranks 33. Before him are Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Viveca Sten (1959), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Jonas Jonasson (1961), and Lars Norén (1944). After him are Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Kerstin Ekman (1933), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), and Gunnar Ekelöf (1907).

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