# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-maaseide
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:08:17.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-maaseide"
name: "Bjørn Maaseide"
slug: "bj-rn-maaseide"
description: "Bjørn Maaseide is a Norwegian former beach volleyball player. He represented Norway in three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000, and 2004. Alongside Jan Kvalheim, he won several medals at the European Championships in the 1990s. He is the brother of professional beach volleyball player Kathrine Maaseide. Other playing partners are Iver Horrem and Vegard Høidalen."
tagline: "Norwegian beach volleyball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide_2008b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.58
  momentum:             3.260869565217391
  historical:           7.204392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089052/"
    handle:    "nm2089052"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Maaseide"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5921487"
    title: "Bjørn Maaseide"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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