# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/einar-selvik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:55:49.270Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/einar-selvik"
name: "Einar Selvik"
slug: "einar-selvik"
description: "Einar Selvik, also known by his stage name Kvitrafn, is a Norwegian musician known for being the drummer of black metal band Gorgoroth from 2000 to 2004, and for fronting the Nordic folk project Wardruna, founded in 2002. Selvik and Wardruna earned international prominence for contributing to the soundtrack and score of the television show Vikings. Selvik is a founder of By Norse, a platform to support Norse and Norse-related art, music, literature, film and culture."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wardruna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.34
  momentum:             1.724510260713407
  historical:           15.25825333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  230
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/einar.selvik"
    handle:    "einar.selvik"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6469395/"
    handle:    "nm6469395"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QwiYnKp4dh2PTv1Vgw3c5"
    handle:    "4QwiYnKp4dh2PTv1Vgw3c5"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/538167"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "إينار سيلفيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "اينار سيلڤيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eynar_Selvik"
    title: "Eynar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitrafn"
    title: "Kvitrafn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einars_Selviks"
    title: "Einars Selviks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitrafn"
    title: "Kvitrafn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitrafn"
    title: "Kvitrafn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Селвик, Эйнар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Selvik"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Ейнар Селвік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/03abd6e3-5da8-4ee1-b504-319f72a3d3a5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4575153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3016231"
    title: "Einar Selvik"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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