# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonhard-seppala
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:55.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonhard-seppala"
name: "Leonhard Seppala"
slug: "leonhard-seppala"
description: "Leonhard \"Sepp\" Seppala was a Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in the 1925 serum run to Nome, and participated in the 1932 Winter Olympics. Seppala introduced the work dogs used by Native Siberians at the time to the American public. The breed came to be known as the Siberian Husky in the English-speaking world. The Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award, which honors excellence in sled dog care, is named in honour of him."
tagline: "Norwegian musher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leonhard_Seppala_with_dogs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1877-09-14"
deathDate: "1967-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Seppala"
    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leonhard Seppala"
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    title: "Сеппала, Леонард"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump