# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johannes-josefsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:43:03.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johannes-josefsson"
name: "Johannes Josefsson"
slug: "johannes-josefsson"
description: "Jóhannes Jósefsson, also known as Jóhannes á Borg , was an Icelandic Glíma champion, circus performer and hotel owner. He was known for travelling around the world and challenging fighters from different martial arts backgrounds. He wrote an English book about Glima in 1908 titled \"Icelandic Wrestling\"."
tagline: "Icelandic artist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1883-07-27"
deathDate: "1968-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.468250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Josefsson"
    title: "Johannes Josefsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چوهانس چوزيفسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hannes_%C3%A1_Borg"
    title: "Jóhannes á Borg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Йоуханнес Йоусефссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hannes_J%C3%B3sefsson"
    title: "Jóhannes Jósefsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hannes_J%C3%B3sefsson"
    title: "Jóhannes Jósefsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15229567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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