# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-opsvik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:09.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-opsvik"
name: "Peter Opsvik"
slug: "peter-opsvik"
description: "Peter Opsvik was a Norwegian industrial designer best known for his innovative and ergonomic chairs, and the father of Jazz bass player Eivind Opsvik. Opsvik's furniture can be found under the brand names: Rybo (Garden), Nomi High Chair, Håg, Varier (Balans), Stokke Naturellement (Reflex), Cylindra and Moment (Globe).\nHis book Rethinking Sitting came out in 2009 giving insight into his thinking about sitting and explaining the philosophy behind his chairs. \nPeter Opsvik was also a jazz musician. He was a member of Christiania Jazz band from 1972 and the band Christiania 12 from 1993."
tagline: "Norwegian designer and jazz musician (1939–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Varier_Variable_Monochrome_Kneeling_Chair_Design_by_Peter_Opsvik_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Varier_Variable_Monochrome_Kneeling_Chair_Design_by_Peter_Opsvik_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg"
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: "1939-03-25"
deathDate: "2024-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             1.795841209829868
  historical:           9.222464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.opsvik.no/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "پیتر اوپسویک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Opsvik"
    title: "Peter Opsvik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba7ba90f-5385-465e-adee-dd75650247d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7176228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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