# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mattias-eklundh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:30:57.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mattias-eklundh"
name: "Mattias Eklundh"
slug: "mattias-eklundh"
description: "Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh, also known as IA, is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist. He is known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, and he has also produced several noted solo Freak Guitar albums released by Steve Vai and Favored Nations, and holds his annual Freak Guitar Camp in the woods of Sweden every summer for dedicated guitar players from all over the world. He was also prominently featured playing his trademark-style solos on the first four Soilwork albums."
tagline: "Swedish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mattias_Eklundh_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.29888666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4354212/"
    handle:    "nm4354212"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87"
    title: "ماتياس اكلونده"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_'IA'_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias 'IA' Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Эклунд, Маттиас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattias_Eklundh"
    title: "Mattias Eklundh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86%DA%88%DA%BE"
    title: "مٹیاس ایکلنڈھ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952137"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2317072"
    title: "Mattias IA Eklundh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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