# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torfhildur-orsteinsdottir
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:44:32.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torfhildur-orsteinsdottir"
name: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
slug: "torfhildur-orsteinsdottir"
description: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir, also known as Torfhildur Hólm was an Icelandic author who lived for many years in Canada. She was perhaps the first Icelander to make a living as an author, and is frequently cited as the first Icelandic woman novelist."
tagline: "Icelandic writer (1845-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torfhildur_H%C3%B3lm%2C_Female_writers_from_Iceland_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1845-02-02"
deathDate: "1918-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.002628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_H%C3%B3lm"
    title: "Torfhildur Hólm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir"
    title: "Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfhildur_H%C3%B3lm"
    title: "Torfhildur Hólm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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