# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-sortland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:23:49.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-sortland"
name: "Bjørn Sortland"
slug: "bj-rn-sortland"
description: "Bjørn Sortland is a Norwegian writer for children and young adults."
tagline: "Norwegian author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1968-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.6
  momentum:             13.63636363636363
  historical:           6.802664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  182
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bjornsortland.no"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9992b9b2-e8ea-4145-8865-4f322b85536e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "بچورن سورتلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland"
    title: "Bjørn Sortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland"
    title: "Bjørn Sortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland"
    title: "Bjørn Sortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland"
    title: "Bjørn Sortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Sortland"
    title: "Bjørn Sortland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Бйорн Сортланн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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