# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gutorm-gjessing
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:00:09.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gutorm-gjessing"
name: "Gutorm Gjessing"
slug: "gutorm-gjessing"
description: "Gutorm Gjessing was a Norwegian archaeologist and ethnographer. He was director of the Ethnographic Museum at the University of Oslo and as major contributor to Circumpolar studies."
tagline: "Norwegian professor of anthropology and archaeology"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gutorm_Gjessing_-_L0017_287Fo30141604260002.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: "1906-04-14"
deathDate: "1979-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.53
  momentum:             16.72413793103448
  historical:           4.401224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gutorm Gjessing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutorm_Gjessing"
    title: "Gutorm Gjessing"
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  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutorm_Gjessing"
    title: "Gutorm Gjessing"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutorm_Gjessing"
    title: "Gutorm Gjessing"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutorm_Gjessing"
    title: "Gutorm Gjessing"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump