# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jogvan-isaksen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:50:38.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jogvan-isaksen"
name: "Jógvan Isaksen"
slug: "jogvan-isaksen"
description: "Jógvan Isaksen is a Faroese writer and literary historian. He is best known for his crime novels and for his book about Faroese literature Færøsk Litteratur. He is leader of the Faroese publication house Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins which has its address in the Faroe Islands, though its committee is located in Copenhagen. It publishes Faroese books and is the oldest Faroese publishing house, having been founded in 1910."
tagline: "Faroese writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jogvan_Isaksen01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-08-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.940893333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3gvan_Isaksen"
    title: "Jógvan Isaksen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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