# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/skuli-magnusson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:39:20.350Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/skuli-magnusson"
name: "Skúli Magnússon"
slug: "skuli-magnusson"
description: "Skúli Magnússon was an Icelandic civil servant. He is often referred to as the father of Reykjavík due to King Frederik V of Denmark donating the estate of Reykjavík to Magnússon's Innréttingar corporation, which is largely seen as a turning point in the modern development of Iceland."
tagline: "(1711-1794)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Skuli_Magnusson_statue%2C_Iceland_in_April_2016_16.jpg/330px-Skuli_Magnusson_statue%2C_Iceland_in_April_2016_16.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1711-12-12"
deathDate: "1794-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.51
  momentum:             4.076433121019109
  historical:           8.341289333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Скулі Маґнуссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Скулі Магнусан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Скулі Магнусан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Скули Магнуссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sk%C3%BAli_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Skúli Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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