# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/njall-orgeirsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:52:16.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/njall-orgeirsson"
name: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
slug: "njall-orgeirsson"
description: "Njáll Þorgeirsson was a 10th and early-11th-century Icelandic lawyer who lived at Bergþórshvoll in Landeyjar, Iceland. He is one of the main protagonists of Njáls saga, a medieval Icelandic saga which describes a series of blood feuds. According to Guðbrandur Vigfússon, \"although it is certain, that Njáll has existed, yet the Njáll, which Njáls saga describes, has never lived.\""
tagline: "Icelandic lawyer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "930"
deathDate: "1011"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.747157333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D2%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ньял Торґейрссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1l_Torgeirsson"
    title: "Njál Torgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ll_%C3%9Eorgeirsson"
    title: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ll_%C3%9Eorgeirsson"
    title: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ll_%C3%9Eorgeirsson"
    title: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ll_%C3%9Eorgeirsson"
    title: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A5l_Torgeirsson"
    title: "Njål Torgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ll_%C3%9Eorgeirsson"
    title: "Njáll Þorgeirsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ньяль Торгейрссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1l"
    title: "Njál"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2642621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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