# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-pettersson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:33.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-pettersson"
name: "Otto Pettersson"
slug: "otto-pettersson"
description: "Sven Otto Pettersson was a Swedish oceanographer and chemist. He was a founding member of the Swedish hydrographic commission. His main contribution to chemistry was the determination of the valency of beryllium along with Lars F. Nilsson in 1878. He also pioneered studies on fisheries and sea conditions and was involved in founding and organizing the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea."
tagline: "Swedish chemist and oceanographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sven_Otto_Persson.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1848-02-12"
deathDate: "1941-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.38
  momentum:             6.049382716049383
  historical:           8.738013333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "أوتو بيترسون"
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    title: "Otto Pettersson"
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    title: "Otto Pettersson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Otto_Pettersson"
    title: "Sven Otto Pettersson"
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    title: "Sven Otto Pettersson"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Pettersson"
    title: "Otto Pettersson"
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    title: "Otto Pettersson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump