# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olafr-or-arson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:33:16.311Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olafr-or-arson"
name: "Óláfr Þórðarson"
slug: "olafr-or-arson"
description: "Óláfr Þórðarson was an Icelandic skald and scholar. He is usually called Óláfr hvítaskáld in contrast to a contemporary skald called Óláfr svartaskáld. Óláfr was the paternal nephew of Snorri Sturluson and spent his youth in Snorri's home where he had an important part of his scholarly education. Particular important is his Grammatical Treatise. His father was Þórður Sturluson, his mother was Þóra “Yngri” Bjarnadóttir and he was the brother of Guttormur Thordarson, Böðvar Þórðarson, Halla Þórðardóttir, Thordur Thordarson, Valgerdur Thordardottir (1210-?), Gudrun Thordardottir (1210-?), Sturla Thordarson and Ogmundur Thordurson."
tagline: "Icelandic historian and poet"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1210"
deathDate: "1259"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.071346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Tordsson"
    title: "Olaf Tordsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93l%C3%A1fr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Óláfr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93l%C3%A1fr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Óláfr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93l%C3%A1fr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Óláfr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lafur_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson_hv%C3%ADtask%C3%A1ld"
    title: "Ólafur Þórðarson hvítaskáld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93l%C3%A1fr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Óláfr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lafr_hv%C3%ADtask%C3%A1ld_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Ólafr hvítaskáld Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olav_Tordsson"
    title: "Olav Tordsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Олав Белый Скальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2226120"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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