# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-johan-hierta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:58:03.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-johan-hierta"
name: "Lars Johan Hierta"
slug: "lars-johan-hierta"
description: "Lars Johan Hierta was a Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician. He is best known as the founder of the newspaper Aftonbladet in 1830. Hierta was a leading agitator for political and social reform in Sweden during the 19th century. He is sometimes credited as the \"father of the free press\" in Sweden."
tagline: "Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician (1801-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hierta.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1801-01-23"
deathDate: "1872-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             1.028571428571428
  historical:           9.227792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "拉尔斯·约翰·耶塔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لارس چوهان هيرتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "لارس یوهان هیرتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Hierta"
    title: "Lars Johan Hierta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%99%D1%94%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Ларс Йохан Йєрта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump