# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leivur-ssursson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:19.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leivur-ssursson"
name: "Leivur Øssursson"
slug: "leivur-ssursson"
description: "Leivur Øssursson or Leif Øssursson was a chieftain in the Faroe Islands, before they were taken over by Norway in 1035. Leivur's reign marked the beginning of the end of the Viking age, and the end of independence in the Faeroes."
tagline: "Faroese lord"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "980"
deathDate: "1047"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.16
  momentum:             1.818181818181818
  historical:           6.602808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leivur_%C3%98ssursson"
    title: "Leivur Øssursson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705342"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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