# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/finnur-magnusson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:45:06.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/finnur-magnusson"
name: "Finnur Magnússon"
slug: "finnur-magnusson"
description: "Finnur Magnússon, sometimes referred to by the Danish version of his name under which he published, Finno Magnusun, Finn Magnussen or Magnusen, was an Icelandic scholar and archaeologist who worked in Denmark."
tagline: "Icelandic writer, archaeologist, and translator of ancient texts"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Finnur-Magnusson-1851part.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1781-08-27"
deathDate: "1847-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.166242578456319
  historical:           10.93833733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Фіннур Магнуссон"
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    title: "فينور ماجنوسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Magnussen"
    title: "Finn Magnussen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnus_Magnusen"
    title: "Finnus Magnusen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Магнусен, Финн"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnur_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Finnur Magnússon"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump