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Occupation
  
Writer


Name
  
Fredrik Backman

Nationality
  
Fredrik Backman sitting on a brown couch while wearing a blue long sleeve

Born
  
2 June 1981 (age 42) (
1981-06-02
)

Spouse
  
Neda Shafti Backman (m. 2009)

Nominations
  
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction

Books
  
A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me, Britt‑Marie Was Here, And Every Morning the Way, Beartown

Similar
  
Hannes Holm, Rolf Lassgård, Jonas Jonasson, Bahar Pars, Henning Koch

Fredrik backman


Carl Fredrik Backman (born 2 June 1981) is a Swedish Columnist, blogger and writer. He is the author of A Man Called Ove (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013) and Britt-Marie Was Here (2014). They were number one bestsellers in his native Sweden. They have been published around the world in more than twenty-five languages.

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Biography

Fredrik Backman smiles while standing and wearing a sleeve

Backman grew up in Helsingborg. He has been writing for Helsingborgs Dagblad and Moore Magazine. He debuted as a Novelist in 2012 with A Man Called Ove. It was adapted as a film with the same title premiered on 25 December 2015.

Backman is married to Neda Shafti Backman.

Fredrik Backman smiles while sitting on a chair wearing a watch, long sleeve, and jeans

Fredrik Backman sitting on a couch while wearing a long sleeve (left), and the poster of "A man called Ove" a novel by Fredrick Backman (right)

Fredrik Backman in a fierce look while standing in black background wearing a black long sleeve

Fredrik Backman in a fierce look while wearing a shirt outdoor

References

Fredrik Backman Wikipedia