# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorvaldur-gylfason
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:44:40.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorvaldur-gylfason"
name: "Thorvaldur Gylfason"
slug: "thorvaldur-gylfason"
description: "Thorvaldur Gylfason is an Icelandic economist and composer who has been active in Icelandic public life as well as internationally. His research explores, among others, the relationship between natural resources and economic growth, focusing on the potential for resource-rich countries to transition from excessive resource dependence to economic and political diversification, including democracy."
tagline: "Icelandic economist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorvaldur_Gylfason_-_Unido_General_Conference%2C_Lima%2C_4_December_2013_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1951-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.9
  momentum:             2.063492063492063
  historical:           4.202736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://notendur.hi.is/gylfason/"
sources:
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    title: "ثورڤالدور جيلفاسون"
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    title: "Thorvaldur Gylfason"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvaldur_Gylfason"
    title: "Thorvaldur Gylfason"
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  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorvaldur_Gylfason"
    title: "Þorvaldur Gylfason"
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  - url: "https://is.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorvaldur_Gylfason"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump