# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sigmundur-brestisson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:45.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sigmundur-brestisson"
name: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
slug: "sigmundur-brestisson"
description: "Sigmundur Brestisson (961–1005) was a Faroese Viking chieftain, and was responsible for introducing Christianity to the Faroe Islands in 999, according to the Færeyinga saga. He is one of the main characters of the Færeyinga saga."
tagline: "First Faroese christian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Skuvoy-sigmundarsteinur.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "961"
deathDate: "1005"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.81
  momentum:             2.547993019197208
  historical:           15.15921733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "סיגמונד ברסטיסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmundur_Brestisson"
    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Сигмунд Брестиссон"
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    title: "Sigmundur Brestisson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump