# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sveinn-palsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:52:45.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sveinn-palsson"
name: "Sveinn Pálsson"
slug: "sveinn-palsson"
description: "Sveinn Pálsson was an Icelandic medical doctor and a naturalist who carried out systematic observations of Icelandic glaciers in the 1790s. He also observed volcanoes and wildlife throughout his homeland. He studied medicine and natural science in Copenhagen (1787–1791) before spending four years travelling around Iceland studying nature. He described his research in Ferðabók and in addition wrote Jöklarit and Eldrit. Sveinn also wrote extensively about medicine."
tagline: "Icelandic physician and naturalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1762-04-25"
deathDate: "1840-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.12987012987013
  historical:           6.336141333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Sveinn Pálsson"
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    title: "سفين بالسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Sveinn Pálsson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Sveinn Pálsson"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Sveinn Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson"
    title: "Sveinn Pálsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveinn_P%C3%A1lsson_(f._1762)"
    title: "Sveinn Pálsson (f. 1762)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump