# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-pontus-gahn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:37.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-pontus-gahn"
name: "Carl Pontus Gahn"
slug: "carl-pontus-gahn"
description: "Carl Pontus Gahn was a Swedish military officer who participated in the Russo-Swedish War in Finland in 1788–1789, the Finnish War campaign in Norway in 1808 and the unsuccessful invasion of Norway at Eidskog in 1814. He was ennobled in 1809, taking the title Gahn af Colquhoun in acknowledgement of his Scottish ancestry. He was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1814 and became president of the Court-Martial of Appeal in 1824."
tagline: "Swedish general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Gahn_SPA_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1759-03-01"
deathDate: "1825-05-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.46
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           5.070446666666667
  currentAttention:     30.3030303030303
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Pontus_Gahn"
    title: "Carl Pontus Gahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%86"
    title: "كارل پونتوس جاهن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Pontus_Gahn"
    title: "Carl Pontus Gahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Pontus_Gahn"
    title: "Carl Pontus Gahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Pontus_Gahn"
    title: "Carl Pontus Gahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pontus_Gahn"
    title: "Karl Pontus Gahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4587885"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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