Q: What is Lsjbot, and what did Sverker Johansson do with it?

A: Lsjbot is a Wikipedia bot operated by Sverker Johansson. It was used to create a large portion of the content on the Swedish Wikipedia, making it one of the largest language editions on the platform.

Q: What is Sverker Johansson's educational background?

A: Sverker Johansson studied at Lund University from 1979 to 1982, though the specific degree is not detailed in the provided source material.

Q: What fields has Sverker Johansson worked in?

A: Sverker Johansson has worked in physics, linguistics, and computer programming. He is also known for his contributions to Wikipedia through the Lsjbot.

Q: What is Sverker Johansson's most notable achievement?

A: Sverker Johansson's most notable achievement is operating the Lsjbot, which significantly contributed to the growth of the Swedish Wikipedia.

Q: What other roles has Sverker Johansson held?

A: Sverker Johansson has held roles as a physicist, linguist, programmer, and Wikipedian. He has also been involved in academic research and teaching.

Sverker Johansson

Swedish physicist and Wikipedian

Person human Q17417773

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: May 26, 1961
Place of birth: Lund
Country of citizenship: Sweden^[9]
Occupation: physicist, non-fiction writer, linguist, university teacher, programmer, writer, Wikipedian, Wikimedian^[11]^[12]^[13]
Employer: Jönköping University, Chalmers University of Technology, Pennsylvania State University^[16]^[17]^[18]
Field of work: physics, linguistics^[14]^[15]
Educated at: Lund University
Notable work: Lsjbot^[19]
Child: Daniel Johansson^[8]
Official website: users.du.se^[28]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Swedish, English^[29]^[30]
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor in Business Administration^[22]^[23]
Different from: Sverker Johansson, Sverker Johansson^[32]
Family name: Johansson^[25]
Given name: Sverker, Lars^[26]^[27]
Item operated: Lsjbot^[21]
Name in native language: Sverker Johansson^[31]
Native language: Swedish^[10]
Residence: Jönköping^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en lsj en Sverker Johansson ar لارس يوهانسون de Lars Sverker Johansson es Lars Sverker Johansson hu Lars Sverker Johansson hu lsj ja スヴェルケル・ヨーハンソン ja スヴェルケル・ヨハンソン ko 스베르케르 요한손 ru Sverker Johansson ru User:Lsj ru Йоханссон, Ларс Сверкер ru Ларс Йоханссон ru Ларс Сверкер Юханссон ru Сверкер Юханссон ru Юханссон, Ларс Сверкер sv Johansson, Sverker uk Сверкер Йоханссон zh 斯韦克·约翰松

🔖 Identifiers · 39

ISNI

0000000109392643

ORCID iD

0000-0002-8654-5962

VIAF cluster ID

118782610, 2455577

Library of Congress authority ID

n2004042898

GND ID

1145652115

OpenAlex ID

A5013804803as of 2026-09-23

where from?

Source: OpenAlex
Edition: 20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Bronze: not in the catalog
Transform: 4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded

Image (Wikimedia Commons)

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Amazon author ID

B001JXNB1C

BIBSYS ID

90367544

CANTIC ID

981058614472906706

Canadiana Name Authority ID

ncf11400325

CiNii Research ID

1140563741756351488

Show all 39 identifiers +27

Freebase ID: /m/0c3pxnt
Goodreads author ID: 842111
Google Scholar author ID: U5qhGAcAAAAJ
IdRef ID: 087650363
KBR person ID: 14812473
Libris-URI: qn245w783w28rnn
LinkedIn personal profile ID: sverker-johansson-46929b33
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA14931524
NL CR AUT ID: pna20221146810
NUKAT ID: n2005079633
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004415331
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007340534105171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000101758
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX6197991
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 273503499
Open Library ID: OL1394996A
Parsifal cluster ID: 674087
RERO ID (legacy): A012563247
ResearchGate profile ID: Sverker_Johansson
SBN author ID: RMSV562187
SELIBR ID: 206978
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 615425
Scopus author ID: 56400120400
TMDB person ID: 2922770
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058614472906706
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJtGVWcqDf87fdHVxMvJXd
Yale LUX ID: person/9e49dc53-5fa6-4709-b8ab-08ea3e16f29f

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Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex

🔗 Connections

Occupation 8

writer, physicist, programmer, linguist, software engineer, university teacher, Wikipedian, non-fiction writer

Affiliated with 2

Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital

Field of work 2

physics, linguistics

Given name 2

Lars, Sverker

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Swedish

Academic degree 1

Doctor of Philosophy

Author of 1

Activity limitations and participation restrictions in people with multiple sclerosis: a detailed 10-year perspective

Child 1

Daniel Johansson

Children (paternal) 1

Daniel Johansson

Country of citizenship 1

Sweden

Educated at 1

Lund University

Family name 1

Johansson

Instance of 1

human

Item operated 1

Lsjbot

Native language 1

Swedish

Notable work 1

Lsjbot

Place of birth 1

Lund

Sex or gender 1

male

← Authored by 1

Activity limitations and participation restrictions in people with multiple sclerosis: a detailed 10-year perspective

← Creator 1

Lsjbot

← Developer 1

Lsjbot

← Operator 1

Lsjbot

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Summary

Sverker Johansson was born on May 26, 1961^[1], in Lund^[2]. He has worked as a physicist^[3], non-fiction writer^[4], linguist^[5], university teacher^[6], and programmer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Sverker Johansson born?

Sverker Johansson's place of birth was Lund^[2].

What did Sverker Johansson do for work?

Sverker Johansson worked as a physicist^[3], non-fiction writer^[4], linguist^[5], university teacher^[6], and programmer^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Sverker Johansson — place of birth (P19): Lund. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sverker Johansson — sex or gender (P21): male. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sverker Johansson — country of citizenship (P27): Sweden. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sverker Johansson — child (P40): Daniel Johansson. LinkedIn. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sverker Johansson — field of work (P101): physics. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-03-08. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sverker Johansson — field of work (P101): linguistics. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2025-03-08. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sverker Johansson — native language (P103): Swedish. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): physicist. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): non-fiction writer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): linguist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): programmer. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): Wikipedian. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sverker Johansson — occupation (P106): Wikimedian. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sverker Johansson — employer (P108): Jönköping University. Retrieved 2026-08-05. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sverker Johansson — employer (P108): Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 2026-08-05. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sverker Johansson — employer (P108): Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2026-08-05. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sverker Johansson — item operated (P121): Lsjbot. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Sverker Johansson — academic degree (P512): Doctor of Philosophy. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Sverker Johansson — academic degree (P512): Bachelor in Business Administration. Retrieved 2026-08-05. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Sverker Johansson — residence (P551): Jönköping. Retrieved 2026-08-05. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Sverker Johansson — date of birth (P569): May 26, 1961. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Sverker Johansson — family name (P734): Johansson. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Sverker Johansson — given name (P735): Sverker. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Sverker Johansson — given name (P735): Lars. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sverker Johansson — notable work (P800): Lsjbot. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Sverker Johansson — official website (P856): http://users.du.se/~sja/cv.htm. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Sverker Johansson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Swedish. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Sverker Johansson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Sverker Johansson — name in native language (P1559): Sverker Johansson. The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot. Retrieved 2021-11-15. vice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Sverker Johansson — different from (P1889): Sverker Johansson. wikidata.org.

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29d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 27

Residence → Jönköping

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bcl', 'bn', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'is',

Academic degree → Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor in Business Administration

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Employer → Jönköping University, Chalmers University of Technology, Pennsylvania State University

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Email address → —

Place of birth → Lund

Gnd id → —

National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987007340534105171

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