# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/folke-k-skoog
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:51.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/folke-k-skoog"
name: "Folke K. Skoog"
slug: "folke-k-skoog"
description: "Folke Karl Skoog was a Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators, particularly cytokinins. Skoog was a recipient of the National Medal of Science 1991."
tagline: "Swedish botanist (1908-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Folke-K-Skoog-slide1.png?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: "1908-07-15"
deathDate: "2001-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.243854042284189
  historical:           8.959721333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Фольге Скуг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فولك ك. سكوغ"
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    title: "فولك ك. سكوج"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Skoog"
    title: "Folke Skoog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_K._Skoog"
    title: "Folke K. Skoog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Skoog"
    title: "Folke Skoog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_K._Skoog"
    title: "Folke K. Skoog"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Folke Skoog"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Skoog"
    title: "Folke Skoog"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump