# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-afzelius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:50:44.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-afzelius"
name: "Björn Afzelius"
slug: "bjorn-afzelius"
description: "Björn Svante Afzelius was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitar player. He was an outspoken socialist, known for his support for Olof Palme. His songs are about love, politics and joys and sadness in life."
tagline: "Swedish singer, songwriter and guitar player. (1947–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B6rn_Afzelius_1994_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-01-27"
deathDate: "1999-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65.44
  momentum:             2.342778161713891
  historical:           14.25955466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  136
  category: null
totalFollowers: 5660
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012790/"
    handle:    "nm0012790"
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    handle:    "0PXQ16KY3iwdfvluCikdn0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsAuDEtZHOFiiattHMR2oA"
    handle:    "Björn Afzelius - Topic"
    followers: 5660
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيورن أفزيليوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Afzelius"
    title: "Björn Afzelius"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Afzelius"
    title: "Björn Afzelius"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Афселиус, Бьёрн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Björn Afzelius"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump