# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-tordenskjold
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:20.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-tordenskjold"
name: "Peter Tordenskjold"
slug: "peter-tordenskjold"
description: "Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually joined the Dano-Norwegian navy, rising to the rank of vice-admiral for his actions during the Great Northern War. He won a name for himself through audacity and courage and was ennobled as Peter Tordenskiold by Frederick IV of Denmark in 1716. His greatest exploit came later that year, as he destroyed a supply fleet of the Swedish Navy at the Battle of Dynekilen, ensuring the siege of Fredriksten would end in failure. In 1720, he was killed in a duel. He ranks among the most famous naval captains in Denmark and Norway. He experienced an unusually rapid rise in rank and died when he was only 30 years old."
tagline: "Norwegian sea officer (1690–1720)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viseadmiral_Peter_Wessel_Tordenskjold_(1690_-_1720)_(3610418617).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1690-10-28"
deathDate: "1720-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump