# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knut-buen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:40:39.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knut-buen"
name: "Knut Buen"
slug: "knut-buen"
description: "Knut Buen is a Norwegian fiddler, composer, folklorist and publisher. He was born in Kongsberg; the son of folk musician Anders Buen and Margit Tjønn, and is brother of Hauk Buen, Agnes Buen Garnås and the artist Kari Buen. He won the national music contest Landskappleiken in 1983 and 1986, and is known for his collection of traditional songs and melodies. He received Spellemannprisen in 1992 for the album Fykerud'n, and in 1994 for the album Bjølleslåtten. He has been running the publishing company Buen kulturverkstad and the record company Nyrenning. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1999."
tagline: "Norwegian fiddler, composer, folklorist and publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fra_Dyrskun_p%C3%A5_Seljord_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.37
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.268970666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7614635/"
    handle:    "nm7614635"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/542460"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كنوت بوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كنوت بوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Buen"
    title: "Knut Buen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Buen"
    title: "Knut Buen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Buen"
    title: "Knut Buen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Buen"
    title: "Knut Buen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/68460cf7-b621-4cd6-8524-ff4d709f07d6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423865"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2935345"
    title: "Knut Buen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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