# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-simonsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:00.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-simonsen"
name: "Jan Simonsen"
slug: "jan-simonsen"
description: "Jan Simonsen was a Norwegian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, and a member of the Progress Party until he was expelled from the party in 2001. He was the deputy leader of the Democrats party from 2003 to 2004. Since his parliamentary term ended, he largely withdrew from party politics to focus on his writing and journalism. He was a staunch supporter of Israel, and wrote the blog Frie Ytringer which focused on the Islamisation of Europe."
tagline: "Norwegian politician (1953-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Simonsen_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-03-03"
deathDate: "2019-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.069510666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1116042/"
    handle:    "nm1116042"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://frie-ytringer.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4399200"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چان سيمونسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Simonsen"
    title: "Jan Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Simonsen"
    title: "Jan Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Simonsen"
    title: "Jan Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Simonsen"
    title: "Jan Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Simonsen"
    title: "Jan Simonsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "జాన్ సిమోన్సెన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1682219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3652657"
    title: "Jan Stefan Simonsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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