# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maj-sjowall
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:45.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maj-sjowall"
name: "Maj Sjöwall"
slug: "maj-sjowall"
description: "Maj Sjöwall was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her novels about the police detective Martin Beck. She wrote these novels in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö."
tagline: "Swedish writer (1935–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maj_Sj%C3%B6wall_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-09-25"
deathDate: "2020-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.138922888616891
  historical:           21.87614533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0803711"
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    title: "Шёвалль, Май"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump