# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/else-roesdahl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:49:22.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/else-roesdahl"
name: "Else Roesdahl"
slug: "else-roesdahl"
description: "Else Roesdahl is a Danish archaeologist, historian and educator. She has mediated the history of the Vikings for most of her life, including coordination of notable exhibitions on the Viking Age and authoring several books on the subject. Roesdahl's books have been translated into several languages."
tagline: "Danish medievalist, archaeologist, author and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Else_Roesdahl.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1942-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.02
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           7.669366666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84"
    title: "الس رويسداهل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Roesdahl"
    title: "Else Roesdahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530942"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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