# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bendik-rugaas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:52:31.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bendik-rugaas"
name: "Bendik Rugaas"
slug: "bendik-rugaas"
description: "Bendik Jørgen Rugaas was a Norwegian librarian and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. Rugaas was Minister of Planning from 1996 to 1997 as part of the cabinet of Thorbjørn Jagland. He died on 5 May 2025, at the age of 82."
tagline: "Norwegian politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-12-31"
deathDate: "2025-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.401512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7954764/"
    handle:    "nm7954764"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendik_Rugaas"
    title: "Bendik Rugaas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4580554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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