# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geir-lundestad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:32:25.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geir-lundestad"
name: "Geir Lundestad"
slug: "geir-lundestad"
description: "Geir Lundestad was a Norwegian historian, who served as the director of Norwegian Nobel Institute when Olav Njølstad took over until 2014. In this capacity, he also served as the secretary of Norwegian Nobel Committee. However, he was not a member of committee itself."
tagline: "Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute (1945–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geir_Lundestad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-01-17"
deathDate: "2023-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.95
  momentum:             4.426229508196722
  historical:           11.60918
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2080145/"
    handle:    "nm2080145"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "جير لوندستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Qeyr Landestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیر لوندستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Lundestad"
    title: "Geir Lundestad"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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