# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-halldorsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:22:42.119Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-halldorsson"
name: "Björn Halldórsson"
slug: "bjorn-halldorsson"
description: "Björn Halldórsson was an Icelandic priest and author based at Setberg, Grundarfjörður. He is also believed to be the first person to grow potatoes in Iceland. His most popular book, Atli was published in 1780."
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Atli_%28b%C3%B3k%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1724-12-05"
deathDate: "1794-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           30.96
  momentum:             20.38461538461539
  historical:           3.734053333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Halld%C3%B3rsson"
    title: "Björn Halldórsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Halld%C3%B3rsson"
    title: "Björn Halldórsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Halld%C3%B3rsson"
    title: "Björn Halldórsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Halld%C3%B3rsson"
    title: "Björn Halldórsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3962751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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