Selma Lagerlöf

About Selma Lagerlöf

Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940) was a Swedish author whose significant contribution to literature earned her the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909, making her the first Swedish recipient. Her work, deeply rooted in regional folklore and characterized by a blend of realism and the supernatural, cemented her place as an influential writer globally, resulting in an HPI Rank of #611.

Despite this high historical ranking, her modern digital footprint is comparatively small. Lagerlöf garnered approximately 110K Wikipedia views in 2025, placing her in an 'Attention Gap' that is three times lower than what her historical importance might suggest (-3x underattention). To contextualize this, contemporary writers like Robert Frost (#659 importance) drew over seven times her annual traffic at 806K views in the same year.

Encouragingly, interest in her work is not entirely stagnant; her 2025 viewership showed a modest year-over-year increase of +2.1%, with a notable positive momentum of +33% when comparing Q1 to Q3 traffic.