# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-waldegard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:08:37.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-waldegard"
name: "Björn Waldegård"
slug: "bjorn-waldegard"
description: "Björn Lars-Olov Waldegård was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was \"Walle\"."
tagline: "Swedish rally driver, first winner of the World Rally Championship for Drivers"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B6rn_Waldeg%C3%A5rd_1984.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1943-11-12"
deathDate: "2014-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.009086095520491
  historical:           19.53269066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  240
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump