Jan Eliasson
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Jan Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and politician who has served as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jan Eliasson canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1510261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Eliasson Context triple: [Uppsala University, hasNotableAlumnus, Jan Eliasson]
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A.
Jonas Alströmer
Jonas Alströmer was an 18th-century Swedish industrialist and agricultural reformer who played a key role in modernizing Sweden’s economy and scientific institutions.
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B.
Tobias Enström
Tobias Enström is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his puck-moving skills and long tenure in the NHL with the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets.
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C.
Erik Carlsson
Erik Carlsson was a legendary Swedish rally driver famed for his success in international competitions during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly with Saab.
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D.
Johan Nordström
Johan Nordström, better known as John W. Nordstrom, was a Swedish-American businessman who co-founded the upscale department store chain Nordstrom in the United States.
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E.
Fredrik Meltzer
Fredrik Meltzer was a Norwegian politician and merchant best known for creating the design of Norway’s national flag in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jan Eliasson Target entity description: Jan Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and politician who has served as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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A.
Jonas Alströmer
Jonas Alströmer was an 18th-century Swedish industrialist and agricultural reformer who played a key role in modernizing Sweden’s economy and scientific institutions.
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B.
Tobias Enström
Tobias Enström is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman best known for his puck-moving skills and long tenure in the NHL with the Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets.
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C.
Erik Carlsson
Erik Carlsson was a legendary Swedish rally driver famed for his success in international competitions during the 1950s and 1960s, particularly with Saab.
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D.
Johan Nordström
Johan Nordström, better known as John W. Nordstrom, was a Swedish-American businessman who co-founded the upscale department store chain Nordstrom in the United States.
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E.
Fredrik Meltzer
Fredrik Meltzer was a Norwegian politician and merchant best known for creating the design of Norway’s national flag in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Polar Star ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-09-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg
ⓘ
linked to:
School of Business, Economics and Law
|
| employer |
Government of Sweden
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish government
United Nations ⓘ |
| familyName |
Eliasson
ⓘ
linked to:
Olafur Eliasson
|
| fieldOfWork |
conflict resolution
ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ international relations ⓘ |
| givenName | Jan ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Social Democratic Party of Sweden
ⓘ
linked to:
Swedish Social Democratic Party
|
| name | Jan Eliasson ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableFor |
serving as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
ⓘ
serving as President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ serving as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime | 2006-10-06 ⓘ |
| officeHeldFor | Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ⓘ |
| officeStartTime | 2006-04-24 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gothenburg
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
ⓘ
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ⓘ President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ⓘ Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations ⓘ Swedish Ambassador to the United States ⓘ |
| residence | Sweden ⓘ |
| termEndAsUNDeputySecretaryGeneral | 2016-12-31 ⓘ |
| termEndAsUNGAPresident | 2006-09-11 ⓘ |
| termStartAsUNDeputySecretaryGeneral | 2012-07-01 ⓘ |
| termStartAsUNGAPresident | 2005-09-13 ⓘ |
| UNRole | Deputy Secretary-General ⓘ |
| UNSecretaryGeneralServedUnder | Ban Ki-moon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jan Eliasson Description of subject: Jan Eliasson is a Swedish diplomat and politician who has served as Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.