# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torgrim-eggen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:39:10.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torgrim-eggen"
name: "Torgrim Eggen"
slug: "torgrim-eggen"
description: "Torgrim Eggen is a Norwegian musician, journalist, magazine editor, novelist and non-fiction writer. Among his books are Gjeld from 1992 and the novel Pynt from 2000. Duften av Havana from 2002 is a cultural history of the cigar, and Manhattan from 2007 is about New York City. Eggen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1995."
tagline: "Norwegian author, journalist and musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.56
  momentum:             0.7547169811320755
  historical:           6.402052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081073/"
    handle:    "nm2081073"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/541533"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تورجريم اجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgrim_Eggen"
    title: "Torgrim Eggen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgrim_Eggen"
    title: "Torgrim Eggen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgrim_Eggen"
    title: "Torgrim Eggen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgrim_Eggen"
    title: "Torgrim Eggen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Эгген, Тургрим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2510349"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2900353"
    title: "Torgrim Eggen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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