# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-widding
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:59:54.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-widding"
name: "Lars Widding"
slug: "lars-widding"
description: "Lars Widding, born 31 October 1924 in Umeå, Västerbotten, died 3 March 1994, was a Swedish author and journalist, best known for his historic novels. He worked for Expressen from 1950 to 1985. Widding was one of the most read authors of the 20th century in Sweden."
tagline: "Swedish writer (1924-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lars_widding.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-10-31"
deathDate: "1994-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.79
  momentum:             7.161290322580644
  historical:           7.501802666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927040/"
    handle:    "nm0927040"
sources:
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    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لارس ويدينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Widding"
    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لارس ویدینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Widding"
    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Widding"
    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Widding"
    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954835"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Lars Widding"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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