# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hrafn-gunnlaugsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:02:52.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hrafn-gunnlaugsson"
name: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
slug: "hrafn-gunnlaugsson"
description: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson is an Icelandic film director. He is mostly known for his series of Viking films, sometimes called \"Cod Westerns\". He won the award for Best Director at the 20th Guldbagge Awards for When the Raven Flies."
tagline: "Icelandic film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qg2x1zWq5oCpttapnq1MbIfcyxR.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             6.24038331758672
  historical:           15.35295333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348321/"
    handle:    "nm0348321"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Храпън Гунльойсон"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
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    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrafn_Gunnlaugsson"
    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Храбн Гюннлёйхссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Hrafn Gunnlaugsson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump