# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olaf-nikolas-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:15:31.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olaf-nikolas-olsen"
name: "Olaf Nikolas Olsen"
slug: "olaf-nikolas-olsen"
description: "Olaf Nikolas Olsen was a cartographer and an officer of the Danish army. He taught cartography at the Royal Cadet School and from 1830 on also at the new Army Academy. In 1836 was made a member of the General Staff, and in 1842 he was named head of the topographic department of the staff, with the rank of a Major. In 1848, he was promoted to the rank of colonel."
tagline: "Danish cartographer (1794–1848)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oluf_Nicolai_Olsen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1794-03-04"
deathDate: "1848-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.12
  momentum:             9.411764705882353
  historical:           5.667854666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oluf_Nicolai_Olsen"
    title: "Oluf Nicolai Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "أولاف نيكولاس اولسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oluf_Nicolai_Olsen"
    title: "Oluf Nicolai Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oluf_Nicolai_Olsen"
    title: "Oluf Nicolai Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Nikolas_Olsen"
    title: "Olaf Nikolas Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Nikolas_Olsen"
    title: "Olaf Nikolas Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759714"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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