# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthias-jochumsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:25.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthias-jochumsson"
name: "Matthías Jochumsson"
slug: "matthias-jochumsson"
description: "Matthías Jochumsson was an Icelandic Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright, translator and a social reformer. He was a giant in Icelandic cultural life in the decades around 1900. He is best known for his lyrical poetry and for writing the national anthem of Iceland, \"Lofsöngur\", in 1874. Matthías was along with writer Torfhildur Hólm the first of Icelandic writers to receice artist salary from the Parlament in 1891."
tagline: "Icelandic poet (1835–1920)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthias_jochumsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1835-11-11"
deathDate: "1920-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           20.812708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump