# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sveinbjorn-beinteinsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:45:51.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sveinbjorn-beinteinsson"
name: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
slug: "sveinbjorn-beinteinsson"
description: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson was an Icelandic religious leader and singer of rímur who was instrumental in gaining the Icelandic government's recognition of pre-Christian Heathenry in the country."
tagline: "Icelandic neopaganist leader (1924-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Beinteinsson_1991.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-07-04"
deathDate: "1993-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             14.01315789473684
  historical:           13.82862
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2515706/"
    handle:    "nm2515706"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Beinteinsson"
    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Beinteinsson"
    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Beinteinsson"
    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%8C%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Свейнбьёрн Бейнтейнссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Beinteinsson"
    title: "Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump