# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torstein-lofthus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:54:51.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torstein-lofthus"
name: "Torstein Lofthus"
slug: "torstein-lofthus"
description: "Torstein Lofthus is a Norwegian drummer and composer associated with bands like elephant9, Red Kite, Mathias Eick Band, and the trio Eberson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He was previously a member of the band Shining. Lofthus is a popular studio musician, and is often seen behind the drums in TV shows' house bands, e.g. for \"Hver gang vi møtes\"."
tagline: "Norwegian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elephant9%2C_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_-_53843291279.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.936717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/518816"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstein_Lofthus"
    title: "Torstein Lofthus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstein_Lofthus"
    title: "Torstein Lofthus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstein_Lofthus"
    title: "Torstein Lofthus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstein_Lofthus"
    title: "Torstein Lofthus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torstein_Lofthus"
    title: "Torstein Lofthus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/25ec5603-2a9c-4cf7-9e3c-427d3c9de3c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779366"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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