# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-aarebrot
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:14:53.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-aarebrot"
name: "Frank Aarebrot"
slug: "frank-aarebrot"
description: "Frank Henrik Aarebrot was a Norwegian political scientist, political commentator, and professor of comparative politics. Among the most quoted and popular academics in the Norwegian press, he became better known during his later years for his televised \"marathon lectures\" and his recurring role in coverage of national and international elections on Norwegian television."
tagline: "Political Scientist (1947–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_Aarebrot.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: "1947-01-19"
deathDate: "2017-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             6.956521739130434
  historical:           7.938697333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7492082/"
    handle:    "nm7492082"
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    title: "Frank Aarebrot"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump