# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-olof-ekholm
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:07:16.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-olof-ekholm"
name: "Jan-Olof Ekholm"
slug: "jan-olof-ekholm"
description: "Jan-Olof Ekholm was a Swedish detective fiction writer born in Grytnäs, Dalarna, Sweden, also known for some children's literature works. He was one of the members of the presidium of the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy. Ekholm's books have been translated to Norwegian, Danish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, and Czech."
tagline: "Swedish writer (1931-2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-10-20"
deathDate: "2020-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             6.956521739130435
  historical:           6.147733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ян Улоф Екгольм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Olof_Ekholm"
    title: "Jan-Olof Ekholm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%84_%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Ян Улоф Экхольм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB-%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%96%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%82"
    title: "ജാൻ-ഒലോഫ് എഖൊം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Olof_Ekholm"
    title: "Jan-Olof Ekholm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%84"
    title: "Экхольм, Ян Улоф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan-Olof_Ekholm"
    title: "Jan-Olof Ekholm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2425450"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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