# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sigur-ur-brei-fjor
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:41:35.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sigur-ur-brei-fjor"
name: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
slug: "sigur-ur-brei-fjor"
description: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð was an Icelandic poet. He learned cooperage for four years in Copenhagen and worked as a cooper in Iceland and Greenland. He was a prolific and popular traditional poet, known for his rímur cycles. Núma rímur is his best-known work."
tagline: "Icelandic poet (1798–1846)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sigurdur_breidfjord.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1798-03-04"
deathDate: "1846-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.18
  momentum:             0.7042253521126761
  historical:           7.869402666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%83%95%E3%83%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "シグルズル・ブレイズフョルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_Breidfjord"
    title: "Sigurd Breidfjord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Brei%C3%B0fj%C3%B6r%C3%B0"
    title: "Sigurður Breiðfjörð"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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