# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bengt-nilsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:09:28.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bengt-nilsson"
name: "Bengt Nilsson"
slug: "bengt-nilsson"
description: "Bengt Nilsson was a Swedish high jumper. In 1954 he won the Swedish and European titles and set a European record at 2.11 m; later that year he was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal."
tagline: "Swedish high jumper (1934-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benke_Nilsson-1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1934-02-17"
deathDate: "2018-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.54
  momentum:             1.382113821138211
  historical:           14.00504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson_(h%C3%B6jdhoppare)"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson (höjdhoppare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بينغت نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بينجت نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson_(athlete)"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "بنگت نیلسون (ورزشکار دو و میدانی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson_(lekkoatleta)"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson (lekkoatleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82"
    title: "Нильссон, Бенгт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengt_Nilsson"
    title: "Bengt Nilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump