# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/espen-berntsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:37.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/espen-berntsen"
name: "Espen Berntsen"
slug: "espen-berntsen"
description: "Espen Berntsen is a Norwegian football referee from Vang Municipality in Hedmark county, just outside the town of Hamar. He debuted as a referee in 1990, Tippeligaen-official in 1997 and served as a FIFA official from 2002 until 2012. He is no longer included on the FIFA list as of 2013, because he reached the international retirement age of 45 in 2012. Berntsen represents Vang Fotballag and has, in addition to the domestic league, officiated in many European cup and national team matches."
tagline: "Norwegian football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87_%C2%AB%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%C2%BB_-_%D0%90%D0%97_2-0._4_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8F_2010_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%E2%80%94_123675.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1967-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.668214666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Berntsen"
    title: "Espen Berntsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إسبين بيرنتسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Berntsen"
    title: "Espen Berntsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Berntsen"
    title: "Espen Berntsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Berntsen"
    title: "Espen Berntsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Berntsen"
    title: "Espen Berntsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2462749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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