# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orkell-sigurbjornsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:03:54.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orkell-sigurbjornsson"
name: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
slug: "orkell-sigurbjornsson"
description: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson was an Icelandic composer, conductor and pianist. The most prolific Icelandic composer, he is author of more than 350 works, from songs for children to orchestral works."
tagline: "Icelandic composer (1938-2013)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-07-16"
deathDate: "2013-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.35
  momentum:             0.598802395209581
  historical:           9.006372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1304423"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ソルケル・シーグルビョルンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorkell_Sigurbj%C3%B6rnsson"
    title: "Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8436ab41-e210-4756-98cb-a36a441a3aa4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14615020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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