# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-gelotte
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:55.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-gelotte"
name: "Björn Gelotte"
slug: "bjorn-gelotte"
description: "Björn Gelotte is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist for heavy metal band In Flames. He originally joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued in this position during The Jester Race (1996) and Whoracle (1997). He switched to his current position on guitar after Niclas Engelin left the band and has played solely guitars since Colony (1999), sharing lead/rhythm guitar duties with former In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad."
tagline: "Swedish guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte_2023_(cropped).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: "1975-08-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.96865466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BGelotte"
    handle:    "BGelotte"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bgelotte/"
    handle:    "bgelotte"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/GelotteOfficial"
    handle:    "GelotteOfficial"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بچورن جيلوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%91%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Гелотте, Бьорн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Gelotte"
    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Björn Gelotte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бйорн Гелотте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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