# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gosta-snoddas-nordgren
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:29:08.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gosta-snoddas-nordgren"
name: "Gösta \"Snoddas\" Nordgren"
slug: "gosta-snoddas-nordgren"
description: "Gösta Nordgren, known as Snoddas, was a Swedish entertainer and bandy player. Born in Arbrå, Gävleborg County, Snoddas was by profession a timber rafter, which he also sings about in his most famous song \"Flottarkärlek\" (1952) which became the best selling song up till that time in Sweden with over 300.000 records sold. Snoddas played bandy for Bollnäs GIF. As an actor Snoddas starred in two Åsa-Nisse films in 1952 and 1967."
tagline: "Swedish bandy player and singer (1926–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snoddas_Hyland_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-12-30"
deathDate: "1981-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.510412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635061/"
    handle:    "nm0635061"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/55Mv9PuCTRfExD5y0l4Hg1"
    handle:    "55Mv9PuCTRfExD5y0l4Hg1"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1275926"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جوستا سنوداس نوردجرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_%22Snoddas%22_Nordgren"
    title: "Gösta \"Snoddas\" Nordgren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_%22Snoddas%22_Nordgren"
    title: "Gösta \"Snoddas\" Nordgren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_Nordgren"
    title: "Gösta Nordgren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6sta_%22Snoddas%22_Nordgren"
    title: "Gösta \"Snoddas\" Nordgren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45d87d81-b241-4a1a-9020-448dc3907334"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5626674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2029100"
    title: "Gösta \"Snoddas\" Nordgren"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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