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Erik Balke

Norwegian musician (born 1953)
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Summary

Erik Balke was born on November 7, 1953[1], in Oslo[2]. He has worked as a jazz musician[3], composer[4], saxophonist[5], and musician[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,300 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Norway[8]
  • Member of: Extended Noise[9]
  • Sex or gender: male[10]
  • Genre: jazz[11]
  • Record label: ECM Records[12]
  • Family name: Balke[13]
  • Given name: Erik[14]
  • Instrument: saxophone[15]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian[16]
  • Sibling: Jon Balke[17]
  • P14750: DE45-0948-CB05-6A3F-82AF[18]

FAQs

Where was Erik Balke born?

Erik Balke's place of birth was Oslo[2].

What did Erik Balke do for work?

Erik Balke worked as a jazz musician[3], composer[4], saxophonist[5], and musician[6].

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Extended Noise
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/60524|batch #60524]]"
  2. 4d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'nl', 'no']
    P14750 → DE45-0948-CB05-6A3F-82AF
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Place of birth: Oslo, source for place of birth from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bot task 2]])"
  3. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Erik
    Family name → Balke
    Sibling → Jon Balke
    Country of citizenship → Norway
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32117|batch #32117]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
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