# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-christian-rafn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:35:15.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-christian-rafn"
name: "Carl Christian Rafn"
slug: "carl-christian-rafn"
description: "Carl Christian Rafn was a Danish historian, translator and antiquarian. His scholarship to a large extent focused on translation of Old Norse literature and related Northern European ancient history. He was also noted for his early advocacy of the recognition of Norse colonization of North America."
tagline: "Danish historian, translator and antiquarian (1795-1864)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1795-01-16"
deathDate: "1864-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump