# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olof-werling-melin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:39:51.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olof-werling-melin"
name: "Olof Werling Melin"
slug: "olof-werling-melin"
description: "Olof Werling Melin was a Swedish colonel and the creator of Melin Shorthand, the dominant shorthand system in Sweden."
tagline: "Swedish colonel, creator of Melin Shorthand (1861–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olof_Werling_Melin_(1861_-_1940)_-_Swedish_inventor_of_a_shorthand_system.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1861-08-03"
deathDate: "1940-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.470086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Werling_Melin"
    title: "Olof Werling Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Melin"
    title: "Olof Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Werling_Melin"
    title: "Olof Werling Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Werling_Melin"
    title: "Olof Werling Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Werling_Melin"
    title: "Olof Werling Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Werling_Melin"
    title: "Olof Werling Melin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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