# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ingrid-espelid-hovig
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:32:46.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ingrid-espelid-hovig"
name: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
slug: "ingrid-espelid-hovig"
description: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig was a Norwegian television chef and author of cook books. Through appearances on her cooking show Fjernsynskjøkkenet over 26 years, between 1970 and 1996, she came to be considered the \"culinary mother\" of the country, with the comparison \"the Julia Child of Norway\" often applied."
tagline: "Norwegian chef and television host (1924–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ingrid_Espelid7.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1924-06-03"
deathDate: "2018-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.97
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.138949333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 188
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2166549/"
    handle:    "nm2166549"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelig_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelig Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "اينجريد اسپيليد هوڤيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Espelid_Hovig"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6033187"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5708495"
    title: "Ingrid Espelid Hovig"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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