# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/coya-knutson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:51:22.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/coya-knutson"
name: "Coya Knutson"
slug: "coya-knutson"
description: "Cornelia Genevive Gjesdal \"Coya\" Knutson was an American politician from the state of Minnesota. She served two terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, from 1951 to 1955, before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). She served two terms there, in the 84th and 85th Congresses, from January 3, 1955, to January 3, 1959."
tagline: "American politician (1912-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coya_Knutson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1912-08-22"
deathDate: "1996-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.144421333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson"
    title: "Coya Knutson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كويا كنوتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "کویا کنوتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson"
    title: "Coya Knutson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson"
    title: "Coya Knutson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson"
    title: "Coya Knutson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coya_Knutson"
    title: "Coya Knutson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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