# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sveinbjorn-egilsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:53:53.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sveinbjorn-egilsson"
name: "Sveinbjörn Egilsson"
slug: "sveinbjorn-egilsson"
description: "Sveinbjörn Egilsson was an Icelandic theologian, classicist, teacher, translator and poet. He is best known for the work he did during his time as the rector of The Learned School of Reykjavík, particularly his translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into Icelandic."
tagline: "Icelandic poet (1791-1852)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Keyser_Rudolf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1791-02-24"
deathDate: "1852-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.31
  momentum:             8.823529411764707
  historical:           12.06943866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Свейнб'єрн Егілссон"
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    title: "سڤينبچورن اجيلسون"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Egilsson"
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    title: "Sveinbjörn Egilsson"
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  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinbj%C3%B6rn_Egilsson"
    title: "Sveinbjörn Egilsson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump