# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fredrik-idestam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:42:36.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fredrik-idestam"
name: "Fredrik Idestam"
slug: "fredrik-idestam"
description: "Knut Fredrik Idestam was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. He is considered the father of the wood-based paper industry in Finland, having introduced groundwood pulp technology from Germany and establishing the first commercially successful groundwood mill in the country. He also played a decisive role in organising the Finnish paper industry through the founding of several trade associations."
tagline: "Finnish mining engineer, founder of Nokia (1838–1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fredrik_Idestam.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1838-10-28"
deathDate: "1916-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.685752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "弗雷德里克·伊德斯坦"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Idestam"
    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Idestam"
    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fredriks Idestams"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_Idestam"
    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fredrik Idestam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271104"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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