# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermann-palsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:53:19.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermann-palsson"
name: "Hermann Pálsson"
slug: "hermann-palsson"
description: "Hermann Pálsson was an Icelandic language scholar and translator, \"one of the most distinguished scholars of Icelandic studies of his generation\". Often working in collaboration with others such as Magnus Magnusson or Paul Edwards, he translated around 40 works of medieval Icelandic literature."
tagline: "Icelandic scholar and translator"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-05-26"
deathDate: "2002-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
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    title: "هيرمان پالسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Hermann Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3089819"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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