# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terje-bakken
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:41:46.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terje-bakken"
name: "Terje Bakken"
slug: "terje-bakken"
description: "Terje \"Valfar\" Bakken was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third album, 1184. Valfar originally sang his lyrics in Sognamål, a dialect of Norwegian, but eventually switched to English in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience."
tagline: "Norwegian musician (1978–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Valfar.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: "1978-09-03"
deathDate: "2004-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.8
  momentum:             0.8785845027455766
  historical:           15.59752133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86"
    title: "تارجي باكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86"
    title: "تارجى باكن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ترجه باکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5"
    title: "Баккен, Терье"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_Bakken"
    title: "Terje Bakken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfar"
    title: "Valfar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6712b2e3-f763-4558-9205-f112678e2c9d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2087469"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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