# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ole-nydahl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:22.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ole-nydahl"
name: "Ole Nydahl"
slug: "ole-nydahl"
description: "Ole Nydahl, also known as Lama Ole, was a lama providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. From the early 1970s, Nydahl toured the world giving lectures and meditation courses. With his wife, Hannah Nydahl (1946-2007), he founded Diamond Way Buddhism, a worldwide Karma Kagyu Buddhist organization with over 600 centers for lay practitioners."
tagline: "Danish lama"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1941-03-19"
deathDate: "2026-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump