# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hjalmar-petersen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:52.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hjalmar-petersen"
name: "Hjalmar Petersen"
slug: "hjalmar-petersen"
description: "Hjalmar Petersen was an American journalist and politician who served as the 23rd governor of Minnesota from 1936 to 1937, succeeding the late Floyd Olson. In office for just 136 days, he became the shortest-serving governor of Minnesota, beating the previous record holder, Henry Adoniram Swift."
tagline: "American politician (1890-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hjalmar_Petersen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1890-01-02"
deathDate: "1968-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.479914666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen"
    title: "Hjalmar Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "هجلمار بيترسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "هجالمار پترزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen"
    title: "Hjalmar Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen"
    title: "Hjalmar Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen"
    title: "Hjalmar Petersen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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