# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osten-makitalo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:34:45.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osten-makitalo"
name: "Östen Mäkitalo"
slug: "osten-makitalo"
description: "Östen Mäkitalo was a Swedish electrical engineer. He is considered to be one of the most important developers in modern times together with Laila Ohlgren, both engineers at Telia. Together they developed the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system and were the leading figures, representing Telia and Sweden, in the meetings with the other Nordic countries to find a common standard. Later they developed GSM and led the meetings to find a European and later world standard for mobile communication. They are many times considered the developer of the cellular phone and mobile telephony."
tagline: "Swedish Electrical Engineer, worked for the development of first cellular phone. (1938–2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Mobilm%C3%B6te_med_%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo_%28cropped%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
birthDate: "1938-08-27"
deathDate: "2011-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             1.8125
  historical:           6.340137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sten_M%C3%A4kitalo"
    title: "Östen Mäkitalo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2326669"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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