# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vegard-ylvisaker
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:17.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vegard-ylvisaker"
name: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
slug: "vegard-ylvisaker"
description: "Ylvis are a Norwegian comedy duo consisting of brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker. They debuted as professional variety artists in 2000 and have appeared in several countries in variety shows, comedy concerts, television shows, radio shows and music videos. They hosted the Norwegian talk show I kveld med Ylvis (2011–2016). Their song and music video \"The Fox \", written and filmed for the talk show, went viral on YouTube in September 2013. The video has over 1.1 billion views as of July 2024. They released an album called Ylvis: Volume I, a compilation of ten older singles. In 2018, the brothers released a series titled Stories from Norway, in which they collected headlining stories from Norway and presented them as short musical documentaries to address satire, fun and comedy."
tagline: "Norwegian artist and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ylvis_pressebilde_1_foto_Shervin_Lainez_(cropped)-_Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker.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: "1979-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.09
  momentum:             0.4375
  historical:           7.072678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vegardino"
    handle:    "vegardino"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vegardino/"
    handle:    "vegardino"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2065886/"
    handle:    "nm2065886"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/799338"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ڤيجارد يلڤيسوكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard_Ylvis%C3%A5ker"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c56c851-a1a4-4a13-9630-23d5a5e81aa6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4581290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94506"
    title: "Vegard Ylvisåker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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