# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonas-kristjansson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:46:06.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonas-kristjansson"
name: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
slug: "jonas-kristjansson"
description: "Jónas Kristjánsson was an Icelandic scholar and novelist, and one-time director of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. In this position, he played a crucial role in the return of Icelandic manuscripts to Iceland from Denmark, representing Iceland in negotiations with the Danish authorities from 1972-86."
tagline: "Icelandic scholar (1924-2014)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-04-10"
deathDate: "2014-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             2.375
  historical:           8.536897333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%83%D1%87%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9)"
    title: "Йоунас Кристьяунссон (учёный)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوناس كريستجانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ヨウナス・クリスティアンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3nas_Kristj%C3%A1nsson"
    title: "Jónas Kristjánsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3141621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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