# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asbj-rn-nesheim
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:23:53.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asbj-rn-nesheim"
name: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
slug: "asbj-rn-nesheim"
description: "Asbjørn Nesheim was a Norwegian linguist and curator known for his research on the Sámi languages and cultural history, particularly for his collaboration with Konrad Nielsen on volumes four and five of Nielsen's Lapp Dictionary. Nesheim was also responsible for creating and building up a Sámi Department at the Norsk Folkemuseum in Oslo from the 1950s on."
tagline: "Norwegian linguist and researcher of the Sámi languages and culture (1906-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A._Nesheim._og_M._Marsfjell_ombord_i_liten_b%C3%A5t_p%C3%A5_Namsvatnet_under_NF._ekspedisjon_1956_-_Norsk_folkemuseum_-_NF.05535-023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-12-14"
deathDate: "1989-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           26.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.400504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Nesheim"
    title: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
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    title: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Nesheim"
    title: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Nesheim"
    title: "Asbjørn Nesheim"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4803712"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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