# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lars-sponheim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:28:04.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lars-sponheim"
name: "Lars Sponheim"
slug: "lars-sponheim"
description: "Lars Sponheim is a Norwegian politician. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2010. He was a member of the Storting from 1993 to 2009, and a government minister from 1997 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2005. He served as County Governor of Vestland from 2010 to 2022, having served as the County Governor of Hordaland from 2010 until the office was merged with that of neighboring Sogn og Fjordane in 2019."
tagline: "Norwegian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lars_Sponheim_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.204464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  175
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/larssponheim"
    handle:    "larssponheim"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2085096/"
    handle:    "nm2085096"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "لارس سپونهيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85"
    title: "لارس اسپونهایم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Sponheim"
    title: "Lars Sponheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492635"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

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