# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pal-refsdal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:18.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pal-refsdal"
name: "Pål Refsdal"
slug: "pal-refsdal"
description: "Pål Refsdal is a Norwegian freelance journalist, photographer and filmmaker who has reported from many war zones. He has followed and worked with several rebel groups. In 2009, he was embedded with Taliban in Afghanistan where he was taken captive and held for a week before he was released. He has also worked for Norwegian People's Aid and as press officer for the Norwegian military."
tagline: "Norwegian journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%C3%A5l_Refsdal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1963-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.16
  momentum:             3.229166666666667
  historical:           4.404572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "پول ريفسدال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Refsdal"
    title: "Pål Refsdal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Refsdal"
    title: "Pål Refsdal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A5l_Refsdal"
    title: "Pål Refsdal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%81%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Рефсдал, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15732217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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