# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tore-austad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:51:44.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tore-austad"
name: "Tore Austad"
slug: "tore-austad"
description: "Tore Austad was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Born in Skedsmo, Akershus, he received a cand. philol. degree in 1962, and worked as a professor of Norwegian at the University of Chicago from 1964 to 1966. Returning to Norway he worked at various academic institutions, before being elected to the Storting from the county of Vest-Agder in 1977, where he sat for three periods, until 1989."
tagline: "Norwegian politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Tore_Austad.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1935-04-08"
deathDate: "2025-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.42
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           5.734377333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "تور اوستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tore_Austad"
    title: "Tore Austad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7825618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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