# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pedar-jalvi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:13:23.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pedar-jalvi"
name: "Pedar Jalvi"
slug: "pedar-jalvi"
description: "Pedar Jalvi or Peđar Jalvi was Finland's first Sámi writer and has been called the principal figure of Sámi literature. He attended the Jyväskylä Teachers College, from which he graduated in 1915. While he was teaching in Savitaipale, he wrote his first book, Muohtačalmmit (Snowflakes), which was published in 1915."
tagline: "Finnish Sami writer (1888-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pedar_Jalvi_(1888-1916).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1888-04-10"
deathDate: "1916-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.75
  momentum:             19.81481481481482
  historical:           7.268106666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C4%91ar_Jalvi"
    title: "Peđar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%89"
    title: "پيدار چالڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C4%91ar_Jalvi"
    title: "Peđar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedar_Jalvi"
    title: "Pedar Jalvi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4132303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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