# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kjartan-sveinsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:05:42.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kjartan-sveinsson"
name: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
slug: "kjartan-sveinsson"
description: "Kjartan Sveinsson is an Icelandic musician who is the keyboardist for the post-rock band Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1998. A multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as the flute, tin whistle, oboe, guitar and the banjo, as well as many of the unorthodox instruments that contribute to Sigur Rós's distinctive sound."
tagline: "Icelandic musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kjartan_%E2%80%9CKjarri%E2%80%9D_Sveinsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.654072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1743772/"
    handle:    "nm1743772"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كچارتان سڤينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ქიარტან სვეინსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjartan_Sveinsson"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A'%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "К'яртан Свейнссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14503d80-d0e0-4ff5-b791-8b4b0686b744"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2363917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123288"
    title: "Kjartan Sveinsson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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