# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikael-akerfeldt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:49:31.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikael-akerfeldt"
name: "Mikael Åkerfeldt"
slug: "mikael-akerfeldt"
description: "Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Opeth. A former vocalist for the death metal supergroup Bloodbath, he was also the guitarist for the \"one-off\" band Steel, and a member of the collaboration Storm Corrosion with Steven Wilson."
tagline: "Swedish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikael_Akerfeldt_2024.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.783184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump