# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/turid-birkeland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:52:58.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/turid-birkeland"
name: "Turid Birkeland"
slug: "turid-birkeland"
description: "Turid Birkeland was a Norwegian cultural executive and politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture in 1996–97. She was an author and also worked in television, including being chief of cultural programming at NRK and a member of the board at Telenor. She also headed the Risør Chamber Music Festival, and was the director of Concerts Norway."
tagline: "Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William%2C_Roger_og_Turid_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-11-05"
deathDate: "2015-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.53
  momentum:             2.815768302493967
  historical:           9.670770666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0083561/"
    handle:    "nm0083561"
sources:
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    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توريد بيركيلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Թուրիդ Բիրքելանդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turid_Birkeland"
    title: "Turid Birkeland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Биркеланд, Турид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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