# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-o-karlsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:33:03.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-o-karlsson"
name: "Jan O. Karlsson"
slug: "jan-o-karlsson"
description: "Jan Olov Karlsson was a Swedish politician; former Minister for Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy (2002-2003) and acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, following the murder of Anna Lindh. He also served as President of the European Court of Auditors."
tagline: "Swedish jurist and politician (1939–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_O._Karlsson_1999.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-06-01"
deathDate: "2016-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.877106666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88._%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "يان أو. كارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Olov_Karlsson"
    title: "Jan Olov Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Jan O. Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Jan O. Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Jan O. Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Jan O. Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%84"
    title: "Карлссон, Ян Улоф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_O._Karlsson"
    title: "Jan O. Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1232072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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