# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-mattsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:31:09.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-mattsson"
name: "Gunnar Mattsson"
slug: "gunnar-mattsson"
description: "Kaj Gunnar Wolter Mattsson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and journalist. Mattsson rose to fame as a result of his book Prinsessan. The book was translated into some thirty languages, including English, it was a bestseller in Finland and was filmed as A Time in the Sun in Sweden. His other notable works include the sequel Prinsen, Jätten, and Kungen."
tagline: "Finnish author and journalist (1937-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar-Mattsson-1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1937-05-05"
deathDate: "1989-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.42
  momentum:             9.473684210526315
  historical:           5.469870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Mattsson"
    title: "Gunnar Mattsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "غونار ماتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جونار ماتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Mattsson_(f%C3%B6rfattare)"
    title: "Gunnar Mattsson (författare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Mattsson"
    title: "Gunnar Mattsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Mattsson"
    title: "Gunnar Mattsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5979961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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