# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bersi-skaldtorfuson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:04:16.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bersi-skaldtorfuson"
name: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
slug: "bersi-skaldtorfuson"
description: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson was an Icelandic skald, active around the year 1000. He was a court poet to Earl Sveinn Hákonarson. During the Battle of Nesjar he was captured by King Óláfr Haraldsson's forces. Three of the four stanzas of his that have survived were ostensibly composed while in captivity."
tagline: "Icelandic skald"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Olav_den_helliges_saga_-_Skalden_Berse_-_C._Krogh.jpg/330px-Olav_den_helliges_saga_-_Skalden_Berse_-_C._Krogh.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "985"
deathDate: "1030"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.14
  momentum:             13.49323017408124
  historical:           7.675162666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berse_Skaldtorvasson"
    title: "Berse Skaldtorvasson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ldtorfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ldtorfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ldtorfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ldtorfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ld-Torfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáld-Torfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersi_Sk%C3%A1ldtorfuson"
    title: "Bersi Skáldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berse_Skaldtorfuson"
    title: "Berse Skaldtorfuson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berse_Skaldtorvason"
    title: "Berse Skaldtorvason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3480173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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