# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-heckscher
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:17.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-heckscher"
name: "Gunnar Heckscher"
slug: "gunnar-heckscher"
description: "Gunnar Edvard Heckscher was a prominent Swedish political scientist, academic, and conservative politician. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1934 and soon became a docent in political science at Uppsala University. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he lectured in political science at both Uppsala University and Stockholm University College. He later held significant roles at the Stockholm School of Social Work, where he became rector in 1945 and professor of political science by 1948. In 1961, Heckscher became chairman of the National Organization of the Swedish Conservative Party, serving until 1965, and was a member of Sweden's Lower House of the Riksdag, representing the Right Party, where he advocated for Sweden's membership in the European Community."
tagline: "Swedish political scientist and leader of the Rightist Party (''Högerpartiet'') (1909-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Heckscher_1959.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-07-08"
deathDate: "1987-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.279518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gunnar Heckscher"
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    title: "جونار هيكستشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gunnar Heckscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gunnar_Heckscher"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Heckscher"
    title: "Gunnar Heckscher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Heckscher"
    title: "Gunnar Heckscher"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1554742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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