# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorvald-nilsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:19:17.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorvald-nilsen"
name: "Thorvald Nilsen"
slug: "thorvald-nilsen"
description: "Thorvald Nilsen was captain of the polar ship, the Fram and deputy commander during Roald Amundsen's expedition to Antarctica (1910–12). While Amundsen conquered the South Pole, the Fram was used for oceanographic observations in the South Atlantic."
tagline: "Norwegian explorer (1881–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorvald_Nilsen_-_SURA17_-_no-nb_digifoto_20150126_00299_bldsa_SURA0017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1881-08-06"
deathDate: "1940-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.52
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           7.670446666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10239099/"
    handle:    "nm10239099"
sources:
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    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ثورفالد نيلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Nilsen"
    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Nilsen"
    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "توروالد نیلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Nilsen"
    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%9F"
    title: "תורוואלד נילסן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Nilsen"
    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Nilsen"
    title: "Thorvald Nilsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3525866"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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