# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kjell-westo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:13.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kjell-westo"
name: "Kjell Westö"
slug: "kjell-westo"
description: "Kjell Westö is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish. Best known for his epic novels set in Helsinki, he has also written short stories, poetry, essays and newspaper columns."
tagline: "Swedish-speaking writer and journalist from Finland"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kjell_West%C3%B6_2017.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.92980295566502
  historical:           22.18398533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923109/"
    handle:    "nm0923109"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://kjellwesto.com/"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump