# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zachris-topelius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:04:18.492Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/zachris-topelius"
name: "Zachris Topelius"
slug: "zachris-topelius"
description: "Zacharias Topelius was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although they were translated early on into Finnish. In Finland Topelius emerged as one of the foremost heirs to Sir Walter Scott’s legacy of exploring the nation through the historical novel."
tagline: "Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University (1818–1898)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1818-01-14"
deathDate: "1898-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump