# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjorn-m-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:15:01.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjorn-m-olsen"
name: "Björn M. Ólsen"
slug: "bjorn-m-olsen"
description: "Björn Magnússon Ólsen was an Icelandic scholar and politician. He was a member of the Alþingi, the first rector of the University of Iceland, and a professor of Icelandic language and culture there."
tagline: "Icelandic politician (1850-1919)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bj%C3%B6rn_M._%C3%93lsen_by_%C3%9E%C3%B3rarinn_%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1ksson.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1850-07-14"
deathDate: "1919-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.45
  momentum:             1.764705882352941
  historical:           5.469402666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_M._%C3%93lsen"
    title: "Björn M. Ólsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/By%C3%B6rn_Maqnusson_Senslen"
    title: "Byörn Maqnusson Senslen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Magn%C3%BAsson_%C3%93lsen"
    title: "Björn Magnússon Ólsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_M._%C3%93lsen"
    title: "Björn M. Ólsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_M._%C3%93lsen"
    title: "Björn M. Ólsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ビョルン・マグヌースソン・オールセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879688"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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