# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/per-dead-ohlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:27:58.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/per-dead-ohlin"
name: "Per \"Dead\" Ohlin"
slug: "per-dead-ohlin"
description: "Per Yngve \"Pelle\" Ohlin, known professionally as Dead, was a Swedish musician, best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem from 1988 until his suicide in 1991. Prior to Mayhem, he performed as the vocalist in the Swedish death/thrash band Morbid. Roadrunner Records ranked him No. 48 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Front-Men of All Time."
tagline: "Swedish vocalist (1969–1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Per_Yngve_Ohlin.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-01-16"
deathDate: "1991-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.504204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  247
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683593/"
    handle:    "nm1683593"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1_%22%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%22_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "پير \"دياد\" اوهلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дед"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(Per_Yngve_Ohlin)"
    title: "Dead (Per Yngve Ohlin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Dead (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(Musiker)"
    title: "Dead (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Περ Ίνγκβε Όχλιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dead (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(chanteur)"
    title: "Dead (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead"
    title: "Dead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead"
    title: "Dead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(cantante)"
    title: "Dead (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%83%89"
    title: "デッド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(zanger)"
    title: "Dead (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Dead (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Per Yngve Ohlin"
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    title: "Дэд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dead_(musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Per_Yngve_Ohlin"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63a5b268-f5ba-42df-8642-9d3d53fb2b6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504434"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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