# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludvig-wimmer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:32.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludvig-wimmer"
name: "Ludvig Wimmer"
slug: "ludvig-wimmer"
description: "Ludvig Frands Adalbert Wimmer was a Danish linguist and runologist. He was the first modern runic scholar, publishing his work Runeskriftens oprindelse og udvikling i Norden in 1874. He proved that all runic alphabets went back to one basic futhark of 24 signs, which was known and used by all the Germanic tribes."
tagline: "Danish linguist and runologist (1839–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Ludvig_Wimmer.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1839-02-07"
deathDate: "1920-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.4
  momentum:             1.794871794871795
  historical:           4.601656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "لودفيغ ويمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Wimmer"
    title: "Ludvig Wimmer"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Wimmer"
    title: "Ludvig Wimmer"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Wimmer"
    title: "Ludvig Wimmer"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig_Wimmer"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1593034"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump