# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/espen-knutsen
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:27:04.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/espen-knutsen"
name: "Espen Knutsen"
slug: "espen-knutsen"
description: "Espen Knutsen is a Norwegian former professional ice hockey player and manager. He played five seasons in the North American-based National Hockey League (NHL), and is to date the only Norwegian to have played in the NHL All-Star Game. In his native Norway, Knutsen is also known by the nickname \"Shampoo\" because his father is a hairdresser, and also a former hockey player whose nickname was \"The Soap\"."
tagline: "Norwegian ice hockey player and coach"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.04
  momentum:             5.011520737327188
  historical:           14.64385866666667
  currentAttention:     27.84178187403993
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8522251/"
    handle:    "nm8522251"
sources:
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    title: "Еспен Кнутсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "إسبن كنوتسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "اسبن كنوتسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%ED%8E%9C_%ED%81%AC%EB%88%84%ED%8A%B8%EC%84%BC"
    title: "에스펜 크누트센"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espens_Knutsens"
    title: "Espens Knutsens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Кнутсен, Эспен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espen_Knutsen"
    title: "Espen Knutsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555830"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2131846"
    title: "Espen Skjong Knutsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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