# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-edlen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:33.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-edlen"
name: "Bengt Edlén"
slug: "bengt-edlen"
description: "Bengt Edlén was a Swedish astronomer who specialized in spectroscopy. He was the first to identify the source of unknown spectral lines in the solar corona, which allowed for early calculations of the corona's temperature."
tagline: "Swedish astronomer (1906-1993)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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birthDate: "1906-11-02"
deathDate: "1993-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump