# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knut-reiersrud
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:05:15.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knut-reiersrud"
name: "Knut Reiersrud"
slug: "knut-reiersrud"
description: "Knut Reiersrud is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. Reiersrud has recorded and played with David Lindley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Rickie Lee Jones, Nina Hagen and Swedish blues musician Sven Zetterberg. He has also numerous collaborations with Middle East performers like Rim Banna and Mahsa Vahdat. He lives in Oslo. He has collaborated extensively with the Norwegian organist Iver Kleive. He is lead guitarist and one of the original members of Cloudberry Cream."
tagline: "Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knut_Reiersrud_2025.jpg?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: "1961-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.003852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/knut.reiersrud"
    handle:    "knut.reiersrud"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717530/"
    handle:    "nm0717530"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.knutreiersrud.no"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/383642"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "كنوت ريرسرود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_Reiersrud"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab966d4a-fca1-45a4-9b28-076727a1d0ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444377"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1822976"
    title: "Knut Reiersrud"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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