# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bendik-hofseth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:50.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bendik-hofseth"
name: "Bendik Hofseth"
slug: "bendik-hofseth"
description: "Bendik Hofseth is a Norwegian jazz musician and a professor with the University of Agder. In 2026, he was appointed Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his contributions to Norwegian and international musical life."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bendik_Hofseth_Jazz_p%C3%A5_J%C3%B8lst_2020_(204737).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.012888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389428/"
    handle:    "nm0389428"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.bendik.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "بينديك هوفسيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%95%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ベンディク・ホフセス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Hofseth"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4d605a35-adcf-4e44-af1b-b124851462e1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1530274"
    title: "Bendik Hofseth"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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