Fredrik Backman
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Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author best known for his bestselling novel "A Man Called Ove" and other character-driven contemporary fiction works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fredrik Backman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5693999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fredrik Backman Context triple: [David Magee, basedOnWorkBy, Fredrik Backman]
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A.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author best known for his multi-volume autobiographical novel series "My Struggle," which gained international acclaim for its candid, introspective style.
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B.
Sven Lindqvist
Sven Lindqvist was a Swedish author and essayist known for his politically engaged, historically probing works on colonialism, genocide, and the legacy of European imperialism.
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C.
John Ajvide Lindqvist
John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author and screenwriter best known for his modern horror novels that blend supernatural elements with stark social realism.
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D.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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E.
Ingvar Lindqvist
Ingvar Lindqvist was a Swedish physicist and educator recognized for his significant contributions to science education and the promotion of teaching in the natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fredrik Backman Target entity description: Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author best known for his bestselling novel "A Man Called Ove" and other character-driven contemporary fiction works.
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A.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author best known for his multi-volume autobiographical novel series "My Struggle," which gained international acclaim for its candid, introspective style.
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B.
Sven Lindqvist
Sven Lindqvist was a Swedish author and essayist known for his politically engaged, historically probing works on colonialism, genocide, and the legacy of European imperialism.
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C.
John Ajvide Lindqvist
John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author and screenwriter best known for his modern horror novels that blend supernatural elements with stark social realism.
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D.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.
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E.
Ingvar Lindqvist
Ingvar Lindqvist was a Swedish physicist and educator recognized for his significant contributions to science education and the promotion of teaching in the natural sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
columnist
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1981-06-02 ⓘ |
| familyName | Backman ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ humorous fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Fredrik ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Man Called Otto (2022 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Ove (2015 Swedish film) ⓘ
linked to:
A Man Called Ove (novel)
Beartown (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Beartown
|
| hasChild | son ⓘ |
| influencedBy | contemporary Scandinavian literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Swedish ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| name | Fredrik Backman ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | author of international bestseller "A Man Called Ove" ⓘ |
| notableFor | bestselling character-driven contemporary fiction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Man Called Ove
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linked to:
A Man Called Ove (novel)
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer ⓘ Anxious People ⓘ Beartown ⓘ Britt-Marie Was Here ⓘ My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry ⓘ The Deal of a Lifetime ⓘ The Winners ⓘ Things My Son Needs to Know About the World ⓘ Us Against You ⓘ |
| occupation |
blogger
ⓘ
columnist ⓘ novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Stockholm ⓘ |
| residence | Sweden ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Neda Backman ⓘ |
| workFocus |
interpersonal relationships
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ordinary people in small communities ⓘ themes of grief and redemption ⓘ |
| workLocation | Sweden ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
character-driven
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emotionally resonant ⓘ humorous ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fredrik Backman Description of subject: Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author best known for his bestselling novel "A Man Called Ove" and other character-driven contemporary fiction works.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.