# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heri-joensen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:19:19.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heri-joensen"
name: "Heri Joensen"
slug: "heri-joensen"
description: "Heri Joensen is a Faroese musician, notable for being the vocalist for the folk metal band Týr. Heri was born in the Faroe Islands capital of Tórshavn which has had an influence on his song writing. As well as Týr, he has recorded a side project titled Heljareyga."
tagline: "Faroese singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T%C3%BDr_-_Tuska_2008_-_Heri_Joensen_02.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             7.565217391304346
  historical:           13.15360133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/herijoensen"
    handle:    "herijoensen"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/herijoensen/"
    handle:    "herijoensen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joensen.heri"
    handle:    "joensen.heri"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6162911/"
    handle:    "nm6162911"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tyr.fo"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/490744"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هيرى چوينسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen_(t%C3%B3nleikari)"
    title: "Heri Joensen (tónleikari)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heri_Joensen"
    title: "Heri Joensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Йонсен, Хери"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a372b76c-08dc-4cd7-b7f3-c336f86966bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395319"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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