# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tor-karsten
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:02.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tor-karsten"
name: "Tor Karsten"
slug: "tor-karsten"
description: "Torsten (Tor) Evert Karsten was a Finnish philologist who specialized in Germanic studies."
tagline: "Finnish linguist (1870-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tor-Karsten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1870-08-20"
deathDate: "1942-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.23
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.267962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Evert_Karsten"
    title: "Torsten Evert Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "تور كارستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Evert_Karsten"
    title: "Torsten Evert Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Karsten"
    title: "Tor Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Karsten"
    title: "Tor Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Evert_Karsten"
    title: "Torsten Evert Karsten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225891"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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