# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-gustaf-hermelin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:37:15.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-gustaf-hermelin"
name: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
slug: "samuel-gustaf-hermelin"
description: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin was a Swedish industrialist, diplomat and cartographer. Samuel Gustaf also belonged to the Swedish nobility. He attended the University of Uppsala for mining. In 1782, he went to the United States to study the mining operations and served as the first Swedish ambassador to the United States. He eventually moved back to Sweden and owned a mining company in Lapland. Samuel Gustaf was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1784. In 1785, he was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia."
tagline: "Swedish businessman and diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin_1877.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1744-04-04"
deathDate: "1820-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5376344086021505
  historical:           8.336861333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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    title: "سامويل جوستاف هيرميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Gustaf_Hermelin"
    title: "Samuel Gustaf Hermelin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump