# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yvind-torseter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:24:24.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yvind-torseter"
name: "Øyvind Torseter"
slug: "yvind-torseter"
description: "Øyvind Torseter is a Norwegian artist, illustrator, comic book artist and write known for picture books, such as The Hole. Since he began publishing in the late 1990s, Torseter has been noted for visual storytelling. In 2014, he was a finalist in for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition for creators of children's books."
tagline: "Norwegian artist and illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%98yvind_Torseter_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1972-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.69
  momentum:             6.097560975609756
  historical:           4.602376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yvind_Torseter"
    title: "Øyvind Torseter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yvind_Torseter"
    title: "Øyvind Torseter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yvind_Torseter"
    title: "Øyvind Torseter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yvind_Torseter"
    title: "Øyvind Torseter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98yvind_Torseter"
    title: "Øyvind Torseter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6516059"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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