# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hallfre-r-vandr-askald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:46:40.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hallfre-r-vandr-askald"
name: "Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld"
slug: "hallfre-r-vandr-askald"
description: "Hallfreðr Óttarsson or Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld was an Icelandic skald. He is the protagonist of Hallfreðar saga according to which he was the court poet first of Hákon Sigurðarson, then of Óláfr Tryggvason and finally of Eiríkr Hákonarson. A significant amount of poetry by Hallfreðr has been preserved, primarily in Hallfreðar saga and the kings' sagas but a few fragments are also quoted in Skáldskaparmál."
tagline: "Icelandic poet"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "960"
deathDate: "1007"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.940785333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Галльфред Важкий Скальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfre%C3%B0r_vandr%C3%A6%C3%B0ask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfre%C3%B0r_vandr%C3%A6%C3%B0ask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfre%C3%B0r_vandr%C3%A6%C3%B0ask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfre%C3%B0r_vandr%C3%A6%C3%B0ask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8B%E3%81%84%E8%A9%A9%E4%BA%BA%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "やっかい詩人ハルフレズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfred_Vandr%C3%A5deskald"
    title: "Hallfred Vandrådeskald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfred_Vandr%C3%A6daskald"
    title: "Hallfred Vandrædaskald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo%2C_o_Poeta_Perturbado"
    title: "Alfredo, o Poeta Perturbado"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallfre%C3%B0r_Vandr%C3%A6%C3%B0ask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Hallfreðr Vandræðaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769257"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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