# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-nilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:17:03.094Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-nilson"
name: "Peter Nilson"
slug: "peter-nilson"
description: "Peter Nilson was a Swedish astronomer and novelist. Active at Uppsala University, he compiled a catalogue of galaxies containing nearly 13,000 entries. He was appreciated for a number of essay books and for a number of science fiction novels such as Rymdväktaren, or \"The Space Guardian\" and Nyaga."
tagline: "Swedish astronomer (1937-1998)"
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: "1937-10-17"
deathDate: "1998-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.542801333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Петер Нільсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "بيتر نيلسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nilson"
    title: "Peter Nilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q563361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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