# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kristian-ranta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:09:35.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kristian-ranta"
name: "Kristian Ranta"
slug: "kristian-ranta"
description: "Kristian Ranta, also known as Kride, is a Finnish former musician. He was a guitarist and vocalist for the melodic death metal band Norther until their breakup in 2012."
tagline: "Finnish guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kristian-Ranta-2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.876458666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2502073/"
    handle:    "nm2502073"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://x.com/ihqkristian"
    handle:    "ihqkristian"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "كريستيان رانتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF"
    title: "クリスティアン・ランタ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Ranta"
    title: "Kristian Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d1c69e3c-3d4d-4894-9943-e17259a11121"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2572828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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