# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-erdtman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:36:24.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-erdtman"
name: "Gunnar Erdtman"
slug: "gunnar-erdtman"
description: "Otto Gunnar Elias Erdtman was a Swedish botanist and pioneer in palynology. He introduced methods of pollen analysis through his handbook of palynology and developed the graphical indicator known as the palynogram. He also founded the palynology journal Grana Palynologica in 1954."
tagline: "Swedish botanist (1897-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Erdtman_SPA2_(cropped).jpg?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: "1897-11-28"
deathDate: "1973-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.411764705882353
  historical:           7.201764000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Гуннар Ердтман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Erdtman"
    title: "Gunnar Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Erdtman"
    title: "Gunnar Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Gunnar_Elias_Erdtman"
    title: "Otto Gunnar Elias Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Erdtman"
    title: "Gunnar Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Эрдтман, Гуннар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Gunnar_Elias_Erdtman"
    title: "Otto Gunnar Elias Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Erdtman"
    title: "Gunnar Erdtman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1554730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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