Fredrik Backman

Fredrik Backman
Backman at Bokmässan 2013
Born	(1981-06-02) 2 June 1981 (age 43) 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
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Website
fredrikbackmanbooks.com

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), and The Winners (2022). The books were number one bestsellers in his home country of Sweden. Backman's books have been published in more than twenty-five languages.^[1]