# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/loftur-orsteinsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:44.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/loftur-orsteinsson"
name: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
slug: "loftur-orsteinsson"
description: "Loftur Þorsteinsson was an Icelander known as Galdra-Loftur for his supposed mastery of Old Norse sorcery (galdr). He was the subject of many folk sagas about his alleged magical performances."
tagline: "Icelandic Gladr master"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1702"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           40.59
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           5.473542666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftur_%C3%9Eorsteinsson"
    title: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftur_%C3%9Eorsteinsson"
    title: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftur_%C3%9Eorsteinsson"
    title: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftur_%C3%9Eorsteinsson"
    title: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftur_%C3%9Eorsteinsson"
    title: "Loftur Þorsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82"
    title: "Гальдра-Лофт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15046067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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