# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knut-v-rnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:50.331Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knut-v-rnes"
name: "Knut Værnes"
slug: "knut-v-rnes"
description: "Knut Værnes is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), composer and band leader, known from several recordings in the jazz rock genre. He grew up at Bøler in Oslo, where he became an accomplished guitarist."
tagline: "Norwegian jazz guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knut_V%C3%A6rnes_Victoria_Oslo_Jazzfestival_(220700).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: "1954-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.26
  momentum:             7.647058823529412
  historical:           5.935493333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://knutvarnes.no"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/733266"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AA_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كنوت ڤايرنيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_V%C3%A6rnes"
    title: "Knut Værnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_V%C3%A6rnes"
    title: "Knut Værnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_V%C3%A6rnes"
    title: "Knut Værnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_V%C3%A6rnes"
    title: "Knut Værnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/521407d8-c01c-4e4d-8d7b-1877b931afa8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1777669"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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