# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sigvatr-or-arson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:11.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sigvatr-or-arson"
name: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
slug: "sigvatr-or-arson"
description: "Sigvatr Þórðarson or Sighvatr Þórðarson or Sigvatr Thórðarson or Sigvat the Skald (995–1045) was an Icelandic skald. He was a court poet to King Olaf II of Norway, as well as Cnut the Great, Magnus the Good and Anund Jacob, by whose reigns his floruit can be dated to the earlier eleventh century. Sigvatr was the best known of the court skalds of King Olaf and also served as his marshal (stallare), even baptizing his son Magnus."
tagline: "Icelandic skald (995–1045)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Olav_den_helliges_saga_CK8.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "995"
deathDate: "1045"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.409864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighvat_Tordsson"
    title: "Sighvat Tordsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvat_Tordsson"
    title: "Sigvat Tordsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighvatur_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sighvatur Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvat_Tordarson"
    title: "Sigvat Tordarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvat_Tordsson"
    title: "Sigvat Tordsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvatr_%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0arson"
    title: "Sigvatr Þórðarson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165103"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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