# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-rgen-watne-frydnes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:13.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-rgen-watne-frydnes"
name: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes"
slug: "j-rgen-watne-frydnes"
description: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes is a Norwegian political figure. He is the current Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize and serves as Secretary General of PEN Norway, the Norwegian branch of PEN International."
tagline: "Norwegian political scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%B8rgen_Watne_Frydnes_at_the_Nobel_Peace_Prize_Ceremony_Oslo_2024-61356_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1984-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.614544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C3%B8rgen-watne-frydnes-617b5856/"
    handle:    "jørgen-watne-frydnes-617b5856"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Watne_Frydnes"
    title: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Watne_Frydnes"
    title: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Watne_Frydnes"
    title: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen_Watne_Frydnes"
    title: "Jørgen Watne Frydnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E5%B0%94%E6%A0%B9%C2%B7%E7%93%A6%E7%89%B9%E5%86%85%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E9%87%8C%E5%BE%B7%E5%86%85%E6%96%AF"
    title: "约尔根·瓦特内·弗里德内斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106372609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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