# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erling-dekke-n-ss
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:31:30.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erling-dekke-n-ss"
name: "Erling Dekke Næss"
slug: "erling-dekke-n-ss"
description: "Erling Dekke Næss was a Norwegian shipowner and businessman. Næss was Deputy Head of Nortraship's New York office from 1942 to 1946. Næss was the initiator behind the OBO carrier. He is also credited as the proposer of the Norwegian International Ship Register, which allowed Norwegian shipowners to compete on an equal footing with flags of convenience."
tagline: "Norwegian businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Massengutfrachter_NAESS_COMET_(Kiel_29.175).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901-09-05"
deathDate: "1993-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.85
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           3.540173333333333
  currentAttention:     41.66666666666667
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ارلينج ديك نايس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Dekke_N%C3%A6ss"
    title: "Erling Dekke Næss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Dekke_N%C3%A6ss"
    title: "Erling Dekke Næss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Dekke_N%C3%A6ss"
    title: "Erling Dekke Næss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5389798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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