# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magnus-or-hafsteinsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:25:23.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magnus-or-hafsteinsson"
name: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
slug: "magnus-or-hafsteinsson"
description: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson was an Icelandic journalist, politician, writer and a fisherman. He served as a member of Alþingi for the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007. Prior to his political career, he worked as a journalist for RÚV and the Norvegian newspaper Fiskaren. He was educated in ichthyology."
tagline: "Icelandic politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1964-05-29"
deathDate: "2025-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.068394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikiquote.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Hafsteinsson"
    title: "Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5971826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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