# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorbj-rn-egner
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:26:30.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorbj-rn-egner"
name: "Thorbjørn Egner"
slug: "thorbj-rn-egner"
description: "Thorbjørn Egner was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children including Karius og Baktus (1949) and Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by (1955)."
tagline: "Norwegian artist and writer (1912–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorbj%C3%B8r_Egner_-_OB.F13341.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-12-12"
deathDate: "1990-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             2.020725388601036
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Эгнер, Турбьёрн"
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    title: "Thorbjørn Egner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump