Author

Fredrik Backman

Swedish author of A Man Called Ove, a worldwide #1 bestseller translated into 40+ languages

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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.

Born1981 · Stockholm, Sweden

Notable works A Man Called OveAnxious PeopleMy Friends

People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was colour. All the colour he had.— A Man Called Ove