# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-s-nstevold
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:29:40.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-s-nstevold"
name: "Gunnar Sønstevold"
slug: "gunnar-s-nstevold"
description: "Gunnar Sønstevold was a Norwegian composer. He was born in Elverum Municipality, and married composer Maj Sønstevold in 1941. He composed orchestral works, vocal music, chamber music, and music to a number of plays, ballets and films. He headed the Music Department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation/Television from 1966 to 1974. He was awarded Filmkritikerprisen in 1955, for the film Det brenner i natt!. He received the Arts Council Norway music prize in 1972, and Radioteatret's honorary prize in 1987."
tagline: "Norwegian composer (1912-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_S%C3%B8nstevold_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160524_00111_blds_05080.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-11-26"
deathDate: "1991-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845652/"
    handle:    "nm0845652"
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    title: "جونار سونستيڤولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_S%C3%B8nstevold"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gunnar Sønstevold"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_S%C3%B8nstevold"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump