# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/myllarguten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:01:18.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/myllarguten"
name: "Myllarguten"
slug: "myllarguten"
description: "Torgeir Augundsson, better known as Myllarguten, is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary. In his own local dialect, his given name is pronounced Targjei."
tagline: "Norwegian musician (1801-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Myllarguten_oval.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: "1801-05-03"
deathDate: "1872-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.86
  momentum:             1.63265306122449
  historical:           9.006156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3230552"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميلارجوتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgeir_Augundsson"
    title: "Torgeir Augundsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myllarguten"
    title: "Myllarguten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myllarguten"
    title: "Myllarguten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myllarguten"
    title: "Myllarguten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgeir_Augundsson"
    title: "Torgeir Augundsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgeir_Augundsson"
    title: "Torgeir Augundsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myllarguten"
    title: "Myllarguten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myllarguten"
    title: "Myllarguten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgeir_Augundsson"
    title: "Torgeir Augundsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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