# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torolf-elster
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:26:19.801Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torolf-elster"
name: "Torolf Elster"
slug: "torolf-elster"
description: "Torolf Elster was a Norwegian newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime fiction writer and writer of short stories. He was Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) from 1972 to 1981."
tagline: "Norwegian writer (1911-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torolf_Elster.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1911-05-27"
deathDate: "2006-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.935529333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10416078/"
    handle:    "nm10416078"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "تورولف الستير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torolf_Elster"
    title: "Torolf Elster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1771420"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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