# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-ludvig-reichelt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:00:50.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-ludvig-reichelt"
name: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt"
slug: "karl-ludvig-reichelt"
description: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt was a Norwegian Lutheran missionary and religious scholar who worked in China. He was a missionary for the Norwegian Missionary Society from 1903 to 1922. In 1922, he established the Nordic Christian Buddhist Mission. He also founded the institution Tao Fong Shan in Hong Kong. He became most known for his work among Buddhists and writings about Buddhism."
tagline: "Norwegian missionary and sinologist (1877–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt_(1877%E2%80%931952).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1877-09-01"
deathDate: "1952-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.01
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           5.269870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt"
    title: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA"
    title: "كارل لودڤيج ريتشيلت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt"
    title: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt_(teolog)"
    title: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt (teolog)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt_(1877-1952)"
    title: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt (1877-1952)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ludvig_Reichelt_(1877%E2%80%931952)"
    title: "Karl Ludvig Reichelt (1877–1952)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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