# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kihnu-virve
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:36:22.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kihnu-virve"
name: "Kihnu Virve"
slug: "kihnu-virve"
description: "Virve-Elfriide Köster, best known as Kihnu Virve, was an Estonian folk singer. Her songs are among the top-selling folk music in Estonia."
tagline: "Estonian folk singer (1928-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kihnu_Virve_-_Laulupidu_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-01-30"
deathDate: "2022-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.83
  momentum:             17.1978021978022
  historical:           9.937329333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12453429/"
    handle:    "nm12453429"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3793735"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fiu_vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virve_K%C3%B6ster"
    title: "Virve Köster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kihnu_Virve"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bde3230a-f917-4dd7-9c6b-3acc85f16a1f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10975553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4691486"
    title: "Kihnu Virve"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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