# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johan-galtung
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:00:38.756Z

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name: "Johan Galtung"
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description: "Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964."
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birthDate: "1930-10-24"
deathDate: "2024-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump