# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melker-karlsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:06:33.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melker-karlsson"
name: "Melker Karlsson"
slug: "melker-karlsson"
description: "Melker Karlsson, nicknamed The Melkman, is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). During Karlsson's first tenure with Skellefteå AIK, he was a two-time Le Mat Trophy champion, winning the Swedish Championship in 2013 and 2014."
tagline: "Swedish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melker_Karlsson_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1990-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.474694666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melker_Karlsson"
    title: "Melker Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميلكير كارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melker_Karlsson"
    title: "Melker Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melker_Karlsson"
    title: "Melker Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melker_Karlsson"
    title: "Melker Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melker_Karlsson"
    title: "Melker Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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