# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/halvard-kausland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:23:25.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/halvard-kausland"
name: "Halvard Kausland"
slug: "halvard-kausland"
description: "Halvard Magne Kausland was a Norwegian jazz guitarist and civil servant."
tagline: "Norwegian civil servant and musician (1945–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HalvardKausland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-04-25"
deathDate: "2017-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.2
  momentum:             17.2
  historical:           7.268862666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6fQVgqB5Wp1SWW9f1Zn5BI"
    handle:    "6fQVgqB5Wp1SWW9f1Zn5BI"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/907363"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هالڤارد كاوسلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvard_Kausland"
    title: "Halvard Kausland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f135904d-eef7-4514-94e2-9a2348a99f06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5643726"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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