# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-bye
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:42:47.616Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-bye"
name: "Erik Bye"
slug: "erik-bye"
description: "Erik Erikssønn Bye was a Norwegian-American journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular radio and television figures in Norway."
tagline: "Norwegian broadcaster, actor and musician (1926–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erik_Bye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1926-03-01"
deathDate: "2004-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           7.941541333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125754/"
    handle:    "nm0125754"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/699255"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "اريك بى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Эрык Бай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye"
    title: "Erik Bye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9ac42d66-d5b2-4951-89fc-fc40ce332e40"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769878"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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