# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kjartan-fl-gstad
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:27:45.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kjartan-fl-gstad"
name: "Kjartan Fløgstad"
slug: "kjartan-fl-gstad"
description: "Kjartan Fløgstad is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently, he worked for a period as an industrial worker and as a sailor before he debuted as a poet with his collection of poems titled Valfart (Pilgrimage) in 1968. He received the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for his 1977 novel Dalen Portland. Other major works include Fyr og flamme, Kron og mynt, Grand Manila and Grense Jakobselv."
tagline: "Norwegian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kjartan_Fl%C3%B8gstad2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.763005780346821
  historical:           14.28131866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump