# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-gottfried-forselius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:08:40.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-gottfried-forselius"
name: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
slug: "bengt-gottfried-forselius"
description: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius was a founder of public education in Estonia, author of the first ABC-book in the Estonian language, and creator of a spelling system which made the teaching and learning of Estonian easier. Forselius and Johann Hornung were mainly responsible for making a start at reforming the Estonian literary language in the late 17th century. Some German constructions were abandoned, and a strict spelling system was adopted which still relied on German orthography."
tagline: "Estonian writer (1660-1688)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/ForseliusMemorial.jpg/330px-ForseliusMemorial.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1660"
deathDate: "1688-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             11.25
  historical:           8.138121333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Gottfried_Forselius"
    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπενγκτ Γκότφριντ Φορσέλιους"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
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    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Gottfried_Forselius"
    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Gottfried_Forselius"
    title: "Bengt Gottfried Forselius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Форселиус, Бенгт Готфрид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump