# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eirik-newth
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:07.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eirik-newth"
name: "Eirik Newth"
slug: "eirik-newth"
description: "Eirik Newth is a Norwegian astrophysicist, writer of popular science for children, and media personality.\nHe received the Brage Prize in 1996 for the children's book Jakten på sannheten."
tagline: "Norwegian astrophysicist and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eirik_Newth_2010.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1964-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.939381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2084469/"
    handle:    "nm2084469"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://newth.net/eirik"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AB"
    title: "ايريك نيوث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Eirik Newth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Eirik Newth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Eirik Newth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Eirik Newth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirik_Newth"
    title: "Eirik Newth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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