# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torsten-friis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:51:28.489Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torsten-friis"
name: "Torsten Friis"
slug: "torsten-friis"
description: "Lieutenant General Torsten Friis was a Swedish Air Force officer. Friis was initially a fortification officer and was commanding officer of the Field Telegraph Corps from 1928 to 1932 and chief of the Military Office of the Land Defence from 1932 to 1934. In 1934 he was commissioned to build the Swedish Air Force and was appointed Chief of the Air Force, a position he held until 1942 when he retired."
tagline: "Swedish lieutenant-general and commander of the air force (1882-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torsten_Friis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1882-08-01"
deathDate: "1967-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.54
  momentum:             13.125
  historical:           4.602844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "تورستين فريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Friis"
    title: "Torsten Friis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Friis"
    title: "Torsten Friis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Friis"
    title: "Torsten Friis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsten_Friis"
    title: "Torsten Friis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5744673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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