# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-nissen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:35:26.189Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-nissen"
name: "Oscar Nissen"
slug: "oscar-nissen"
description: "Elias Gottlieb Oscar Egede Nissen was a Norwegian physician, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party from 1889 to his death, and was both party leader, party secretary as well as editor of the party organ Social-Demokraten for a period. He also made his mark as a campaigner for temperance and better health conditions. He was also chairman of the Norwegian Santal Mission."
tagline: "Norwegian physician, politician and newspaper editor (1843-1911)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Nissen.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1843-10-31"
deathDate: "1911-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.29
  momentum:             5.636363636363635
  historical:           5.935637333333334
  currentAttention:     22.22222222222222
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Nissen"
    title: "Oscar Nissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "أوسكار نيسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Nissen"
    title: "Oscar Nissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Egede_Nissen"
    title: "Oscar Egede Nissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "ഓസ്കാർ നിസെൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Nissen"
    title: "Oscar Nissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Nissen"
    title: "Oscar Nissen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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