# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elias-wessen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:11:31.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elias-wessen"
name: "Elias Wessén"
slug: "elias-wessen"
description: "Elias Wessén was a prominent Swedish linguist and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Stockholm University (1928–1956). In 1947, he was honoured with seat 16 in the Swedish Academy, which he held until his death."
tagline: "Swedish linguist (1889-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-04-15"
deathDate: "1981-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Еліас Вессен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "الياس ويسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Вессен, Элиас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Wess%C3%A9n"
    title: "Elias Wessén"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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