# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-wiik
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:02.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bj-rn-wiik"
name: "Bjørn Wiik"
slug: "bj-rn-wiik"
description: "Bjørn Håvard Wiik was a Norwegian elementary particle physicist, notable for his role in the experiment that produced the first experimental evidence for gluons and for his influential role on later accelerator projects. Wiik was director of DESY, in Hamburg, Germany, from 1993 until his death."
tagline: "Norwegian physicist (1937–1999)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1937-02-17"
deathDate: "1999-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           6.8027
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  profileCompleteness:  55
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بیورن ویک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_Wiik"
    title: "Bjørn Wiik"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_H%C3%A5vard_Wiik"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump