# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orsteinn-erlingsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:52:36.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orsteinn-erlingsson"
name: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
slug: "orsteinn-erlingsson"
description: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858–1914) was an Icelandic poet. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1883 and went to Copenhagen to study law. He never finished law school but during his time in Copenhagen his poems became known in Iceland. He returned to his home country in 1895 and died of pneumonia in Reykjavík in 1914."
tagline: "Icelandic poet (1858-1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorsteinn_erlingsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1858-09-27"
deathDate: "1914-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.62
  momentum:             5.999999999999999
  historical:           7.469258666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cd737d4-124d-40bc-ac75-dabfda0417c2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تهورستين ارلينجسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Erlingsson"
    title: "Þorsteinn Erlingsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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