# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-nygaard
# Generated: 2026-09-01T13:03:02.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-nygaard"
name: "William Nygaard"
slug: "william-nygaard"
description: "William Nygaard is a Norwegian retired businessman and publisher, who was the CEO of publishing company Aschehoug and the chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation."
tagline: "Norwegian publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Nygaard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1943-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             1.100671140939597
  historical:           10.09643866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11004333/"
    handle:    "nm11004333"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "وليام نيجارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard_(den_yngre)"
    title: "William Nygaard (den yngre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "William Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "William Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiliam_Nygaard"
    title: "Wiliam Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ویلیام نیگرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "William Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "William Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard_d.y."
    title: "William Nygaard d.y."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard_d.y."
    title: "William Nygaard d.y."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nygaard"
    title: "William Nygaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q972345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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