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Fredrik Backman

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Also known as Carl Fredrik Backman

Swedish writer

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
has german audiobooks

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>

via Last.fm · Fredrik Backman

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.