# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-karsten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:14:20.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-karsten"
name: "Rafael Karsten"
slug: "rafael-karsten"
description: "Sigfrid Rafael Karsten was a Finnish social anthropologist and philosopher of religion, known especially for his work among the indigenous people of Southern America."
tagline: "Finnish author (1879-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael-Karsten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1879-08-16"
deathDate: "1956-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             3.595505617977528
  historical:           7.204356000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "רפאל קרסטן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Karsten"
    title: "Rafael Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافاييل كارستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافاييل كارستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Karsten"
    title: "Rafael Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Karsten"
    title: "Rafael Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Karsten"
    title: "Rafael Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Karsten"
    title: "Rafael Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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