# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-karlsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:25:08.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-karlsson"
name: "William Karlsson"
slug: "william-karlsson"
description: "Lars William Karlsson, nicknamed \"Wild Bill\", is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the second round, 53rd overall, by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2011 NHL entry draft. In addition to playing for Vegas, Karlsson has also played in the NHL for Anaheim and the Columbus Blue Jackets."
tagline: "Swedish ice hockey player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Karlsson_May_4_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1993-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.29
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.633308
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: 233
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/wkarlsson71"
    handle:    "wkarlsson71"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام كارلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viljams_K%C4%81rlsons"
    title: "Viljams Kārlsons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Karlsson"
    title: "William Karlsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Карлссон, Вильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вилијам Карлсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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