OverviewAI-generated
Fredrik Backman is a male author from Sweden who began his professional work period in 2012. He has published numerous works, with Open Library listing 95 titles under his name. Among his top works are *Britt-Marie was here*, *Ditt livs affär*, *Folk med ångest*, and *Things My Son Needs to Know about the World*. Crossref data indicates he has five associated works, while his official website and blog are available online.
Backman was born on June 2, 1981. His bibliography includes the Hebrew title *בריט־מארי היתה כאן*. MusicBrainz identifies him as a person from Sweden with genres including German audiobooks. He has 48,050 social media followers, and his music profile on Last.fm shows 883 listeners and 51,745 plays.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1981
- Works
- 95
Top works
- Britt-Marie was here
- בריט־מארי היתה כאן
- Ditt livs affär
- Folk med ångest
- Things My Son Needs to Know about the World
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1981-06-02
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 883
- Total plays
- 51,745
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fredrik+Backman">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,661x
- MrBayes 3: Bayesian phylogenetic inference under mixed models
· 2003 · cited 21,960x
- MRBAYES: Bayesian inference of phylogenetic trees
· 2001 · cited 18,302x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,115x
- PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes
· 2003 · cited 9,289x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1981-06-02 ) 2 June 1981 (age 45) , Brännkyrka in Söderort , Sweden
- Occupation
- Columnist , blogger , and novelist
- Period
- 2012–present
- Genre
- Fiction Realistic Fiction Satire Humor
- Notable works
- A Man Called Ove My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Britt-Marie Was Here Beartown
- Spouse
- Neda Shafti Backman
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He wrote A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), The Winners (2022), and My Friends (2025). The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. Backman's books have been published in more than twenty-five languages.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fredrik Backman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.