# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-munters
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:07:10.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-munters"
name: "Carl Munters"
slug: "carl-munters"
description: "Carl Georg Munters was a Swedish inventor, most known for inventing together with Baltzar von Platen the gas absorption refrigerator now sold by Electrolux. He also invented and patented a method of making foamed plastic, which was later rediscovered by Dow Chemical Company and used to make Styrofoam."
tagline: "Swedish inventor (1897–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Munters.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1897-03-22"
deathDate: "1983-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.78
  momentum:             5.659542070832392
  historical:           9.4153
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.munters.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Munters"
    title: "Carl Munters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Мунтерс, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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