# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erling-skjalgsson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:52:13.237Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erling-skjalgsson"
name: "Erling Skjalgsson"
slug: "erling-skjalgsson"
description: "Erling Skjalgsson, på Sola, \"Rygekongen\", Herse/Høvding i Rogaland, was a Norwegian political leader of the late 10th and early 11th centuries. He has been commonly seen as this period's foremost defender of the historic Norwegian social system. Erling fought for the traditional small, autonomous kingdoms and the þing system, against the reformists of the Fairhair family line."
tagline: "Norwegian political leader (975-1028)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kong_Olav_g%C3%A5r_gjennom_manngarden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "975"
deathDate: "1028-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.61
  momentum:             4.32
  historical:           11.15522133333333
  currentAttention:     24
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlingr_Skj%C3%A1lgsson"
    title: "Erlingr Skjálgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ארלינג סקיאלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Skjalgsson"
    title: "Erling Skjalgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlingr_Skj%C3%A1lgsson"
    title: "Erlingr Skjálgsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Эрлинг Скьялгссон"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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