# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tor-obrestad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:02:56.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tor-obrestad"
name: "Tor Obrestad"
slug: "tor-obrestad"
description: "Tor Obrestad was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer."
tagline: "Norwegian poet (1938-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tor_Obrestad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-02-12"
deathDate: "2020-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             2.041666666666667
  historical:           9.668862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11042280/"
    handle:    "nm11042280"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2886517"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Тур Обрэстад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Обрестад, Тур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Obrestad"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3357270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2578754"
    title: "Tor Obrestad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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