# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terje-s-viknes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:48:12.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terje-s-viknes"
name: "Terje Søviknes"
slug: "terje-s-viknes"
description: "Terje Søviknes is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who has served as the mayor of Bjørnafjorden Municipality since 2023. He previously served as minister of petroleum and energy from December 2016 to August 2018. From December 2019 to January 2020 he was the minister of the elderly and public health. He also serves as the party's second deputy leader since 2019, a post he previously held from 1999 to 2001."
tagline: "Norwegian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes_(191503).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.478474666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Тер'є Совікнес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terje_S%C3%B8viknes"
    title: "Terje Søviknes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%87_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "టెర్జే సోవిక్నెస్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438098"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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