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Josef Švejk

fictional character from The Good Soldier Švejk
Person fictional_human Q1976939

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
fictional human, literary character[10]
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
1891
Date of death
1965
Country of citizenship
Austria–Hungary[5]
Ethnic group
Czechs[7]
Occupation
soldier
Work location
Prague[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Czech[15]
Birth name
Josef Švejk[18]
Character type
picaro[20]
Creator
Jaroslav Hašek[8]
Different from
The Good Soldier Švejk[19]
Family name
Švejk[12]
Given name
Josef[13]
Native language
Czech[6]
P14750
C6EA-3EBE-28C7-B9C8-C773[21]
Participated in conflict
World War I[11]
Present in work
The Good Soldier Švejk, The Good Soldier Shweik[16][17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Josef Švejk en Josef Schweik en Josef Schwejk cs Švejk cs Josef Schwejk de Josef Schwejk pl Józef Szwejk ru Швейк ru Швейк, Йозеф ru Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka ru Dobrý voják Švejk ru Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války ru Švejk ru Бравый солдат Швейк ru Йозеф Швейк ru Солдат Швейк uk Солдат Швейк
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Schwejk cropped.jpg ↗
BHCL UUID
ff239de8-20f7-4e64-b313-e4858f3275f4
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
schwejk
Goodreads character ID
82808
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/119pg2b86
IMDb ID
ch0047435
Kallías ID
PE00586921
NE.se ID
svejk
NL CR AUT ID
jo2016908731
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3983687
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
5657
SVKKL authority ID
0203673-svejk-Josef
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Topic's main category
Category:The Good Soldier Švejk

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🔗 Connections
Character type 1
picaro
Country of citizenship 1
Austria–Hungary
Creator 1
Jaroslav Hašek
Different from 1
The Good Soldier Švejk
Ethnic group 1
Czechs
Given name 1
Josef
Instance of 1
literary character
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Czech
Named after 1
7896 Švejk
Native language 1
Czech
Occupation 1
soldier
Participated in conflict 1
World War I
Present in work 1
The Good Soldier Švejk
Sex or gender 1
male
Topic's main category 1
Category:The Good Soldier Švejk
Work location 1
Prague
← Category's main topic 1
Category:The Good Soldier Švejk
← Characters 1
The Good Soldier Švejk
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Summary

Josef Švejk is a fictional human[1]. He was born in 1891[2]. He died in 1965[3]. He worked as a soldier[4].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Josef Švejk include 7896 Švejk[22], an asteroid[23].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include 7896 Švejk[22], an asteroid[23].

FAQs

What did Josef Švejk do for work?

Josef Švejk worked as a soldier[4].

Related Entities

Austria–Hungary Jaroslav Hašek The Good Soldier Švejk

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . The Good Soldier Švejk. wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C6EA-3EBE-28C7-B9C8-C773
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
  2. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:The Good Soldier Švejk
    Family name → Švejk
    Instance of → —
    Ethnic group → Czechs
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0203673-svejk-Josef, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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