# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reidar-jonsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:43:57.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reidar-jonsson"
name: "Reidar Jönsson"
slug: "reidar-jonsson"
description: "Reidar Vallis Håkan Jönsson is a Swedish author. He is best known for the 1983 semi-autobiographical novel Mitt liv som hund, which was adapted into the film My Life as a Dog. His co-written screenplay for the film was recognized with a nomination at the 60th Academy Awards."
tagline: "Swedish writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reidar-jonsson_portrait-colour1.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.93
  momentum:             1.577540106951872
  historical:           5.482254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433653/"
    handle:    "nm0433653"
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_J%C3%B6nsson"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_J%C3%B6nsson"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_J%C3%B6nsson"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_J%C3%B6nsson"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reidar_J%C3%B6nsson"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5896117"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56395"
    title: "Reidar Jönsson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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