# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-vilks
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:59:03.367Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-vilks"
name: "Lars Vilks"
slug: "lars-vilks"
description: "Lars Endel Roger Vilks was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. Many years earlier he had created the sculptures Nimis and Arx, made of driftwood and rock, respectively. The area where the sculptures are located was proclaimed by Vilks as an independent country, \"Ladonia\"."
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birthDate: "1946-06-20"
deathDate: "2021-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump