Novelist

Fredrik Backman

Swedish novelist of A Man Called Ove.

Fredrik Backman 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 Sweden and have been published in more than twenty-five languages.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

Born
1981-06-02, SwedenA Tuesday
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Gemini
Nationality
Sweden
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1981-06-02, Sweden · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Stockholmthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini11°46′Direct
MoonGemini10°52′Direct
MercuryCancer3°18′Direct
VenusGemini26°30′Direct
MarsTaurus27°59′Direct
JupiterLibra0°29′Direct
SaturnLibra3°00′Retrograde
UranusScorpio27°31′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius23°48′Retrograde
PlutoLibra21°45′Retrograde

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