# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/svein-scharffenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:42:37.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/svein-scharffenberg"
name: "Svein Scharffenberg"
slug: "svein-scharffenberg"
description: "Svein Scharffenberg was a Norwegian actor and stage director. He was born in Oslo. He started his acting career at Den Nationale Scene in the season 1967–1968, and was assigned with Nationaltheatret from the next season. He joined Hålogaland Teater from its establishment in 1971. He staged Sukkerbrød med kaviar, written by Leonard Melfi, for Fjernsynsteatret in 1975. He staged the first production at Torshovteatret, Dahl's play Lever du'a Karlsen?, in 1977. Among his film roles is the murderer in Bortreist på ubestemt tid, and he played leading roles in Angst from 1976 and Arme, syndige menneske from 1980. He received the Amanda Award in 2001, for best actor in Norwegian film last year."
tagline: "Norwegian actor (1939-2017)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qIO5rKGfiQt6l6Dd7i5O5mMIYhm.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-06-21"
deathDate: "2017-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.934413333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770147/"
    handle:    "nm0770147"
sources:
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    title: "Svein Scharffenberg"
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    title: "Svein Scharffenberg"
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    title: "سڤين ستشارفينبيرج"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein_Scharffenberg"
    title: "Svein Scharffenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF"
    title: "سواین شافنبرگ"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svein_Scharffenberg"
    title: "Svein Scharffenberg"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Svein Scharffenberg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump