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Beartown

Fredrik Backman

Book 1 of Beartown

  • 432 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2016
  • 6 editions
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1 About this book

Beartown (original title in Swedish: Björnstad) is a novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman. The novel, noted as "hockey literature", centers on a declining youth hockey team in a small town.

The story follows the events leading up to a violent incident involving two teenagers and the consequences that they face, the hockey players, their families, friends, and the community which has a long-standing reputation as a hockey town. It is the first book in the Beartown series, followed by Us Against You and The Winners.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Humor
  • Small town life
  • Sports
  • Scandals
  • Teenagers
  • Sweden

2 About Fredrik Backman

Born 1981

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), The Winners (2022), and My Friends (2025).

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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