# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knut-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:53.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knut-olsen"
name: "Knut Olsen"
slug: "knut-olsen"
description: "Knut Olsen was a journalist for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) since 1983. Starting in 2008 he was the news anchor together with Nina Owing. He also led various political debate programs. He died from cancer on January 11, 2011."
tagline: "Norwegian journalist (1953-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nordiske_Mediedager_2010_-_Thursday_-_NMD_2010_(4583095727)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1953-07-26"
deathDate: "2011-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           28.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.067314666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1139170/"
    handle:    "nm1139170"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Olsen"
    title: "Knut Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كنوت اولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "كنوت اولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Olsen"
    title: "Knut Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Olsen"
    title: "Knut Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4577988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2945563"
    title: "Knut Marius Olsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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