# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leif-larsen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:19.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leif-larsen"
name: "Leif Larsen"
slug: "leif-larsen"
description: "Leif Andreas Larsen DSO, DSC, CGM, DSM and Bar, popularly known as \"Shetlands Larsen\", was a highly decorated Norwegian sailor. He was arguably the most famous of the men who operated the Shetland bus escape route during the war."
tagline: "Norwegian sailor and resistance fighter (1906-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leif_Larsen_ShetlandsLarsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1906-01-09"
deathDate: "1990-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.97
  momentum:             3.724137931034484
  historical:           7.692406666666666
  currentAttention:     20.6896551724138
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488834/"
    handle:    "nm0488834"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Andreas_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Andreas Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Andreas_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Andreas Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Andreas_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Andreas Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Andreas_Larsen"
    title: "Leif Andreas Larsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3088730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1126671"
    title: "Leif Larsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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