# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/val-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:03:18.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/val-peterson"
name: "Val Peterson"
slug: "val-peterson"
description: "Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson, also known as Val Peterson, was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 26th governor of Nebraska from 1947 to 1953, as director of the Federal Civil Defense Administration from 1953 to 1957, U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1957 to 1961, and U.S. Ambassador to Finland from 1969 to 1973."
tagline: "American diplomat (1903-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Val_Peterson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-07-18"
deathDate: "1983-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.18
  momentum:             0.8
  historical:           5.676782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Peterson"
    title: "Val Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "وال پترزون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Peterson"
    title: "Val Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Peterson"
    title: "Val Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Peterson"
    title: "Val Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ואל פיטרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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