# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernt-balchen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:25:01.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernt-balchen"
name: "Bernt Balchen"
slug: "bernt-balchen"
description: "Bernt Balchen was a Norwegian pioneer polar aviator, navigator, aircraft mechanical engineer and military leader. A Norwegian native, he later became an American citizen and was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross."
tagline: "Aviation pioneer and United States Army officer (1899-1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernt_Balchen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1899-10-23"
deathDate: "1973-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.48
  momentum:             3.978589559651253
  historical:           10.75676933333333
  currentAttention:     9.803921568627452
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049584/"
    handle:    "nm0049584"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيرنت بالتشين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Balchen"
    title: "Bernt Balchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Балхен, Бернт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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