# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nils-torvalds
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:05:55.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nils-torvalds"
name: "Nils Torvalds"
slug: "nils-torvalds"
description: "Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds is a Finnish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe."
tagline: "Finnish broadcast journalist, writer and politician, former Member of European Parliament"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NickeWiki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1945-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.22053066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nilstorvalds"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nilstorvalds/"
    handle:    "nilstorvalds"
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    handle:    "NILSTORVALDS2018"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm4621124"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://nilstorvalds.fi"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Torvalds"
    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Torvalds"
    title: "Nils Torvalds"
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    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Torvalds"
    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Torvalds"
    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Torvalds"
    title: "Nils Torvalds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Нільс Торвальдс"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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