# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-gerhard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:07:56.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-gerhard"
name: "Karl Gerhard"
slug: "karl-gerhard"
description: "Karl Emil Georg Gerhard was a Swedish actor, singer-songwriter, political satirist, and theatre director. A major figure and pioneer of Swedish entertainment, he was known for his witty, scholarly, and politically engaged couplets, often using mythological and historical references to criticize contemporary society, including Swedish government policies and the threat of Nazism during World War II."
tagline: "Swedish actor and singer (1891–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swedish-artist-Karl-Gerhard-in-full-action-142452983837.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1891-04-14"
deathDate: "1964-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.172872940645453
  historical:           13.657636
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
totalFollowers: 232
platforms:
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
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    title: "Karl Gerhard"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump