# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-brandsegg-nygard
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:29:24.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-brandsegg-nygard"
name: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
slug: "michael-brandsegg-nygard"
description: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 15th overall by the Red Wings in the 2024 NHL entry draft, becoming the first Norwegian ever selected in the first round."
tagline: "Norwegian ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd.jpg/330px-Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "2005-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.451958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd"
    title: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd"
    title: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd"
    title: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd"
    title: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%ABkaels_Brandsegs-N%C4%ABgors"
    title: "Mīkaels Brandsegs-Nīgors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brandsegg-Nyg%C3%A5rd"
    title: "Michael Brandsegg-Nygård"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116233992"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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