# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ingolfr-arnarson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:31.752Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ingolfr-arnarson"
name: "Ingólfr Arnarson"
slug: "ingolfr-arnarson"
description: "The Norse settler who claimed an empty island and planted the seed of a nation. Iceland's founding story begins with one man's winter gamble in 874."
tagline: "Viking settler of Iceland"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "848"
deathDate: "910"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.45
  momentum:             0.8586849852796861
  historical:           22.159336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ingólfr Arnarson sailed from Norway around 849 with his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir and foster brother Hjǫrleifr Hróðmarsson, reaching Iceland's volcanic shores when the island had no permanent inhabitants. In 874, tradition holds, they made landfall and settled where Reykjavík now stands. Ingólfr became the first Norse colonist to winter through and stay, turning a reconnaissance into permanence. He died around 910, having anchored the lineage that would fill the island.