# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tove-birkelund
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:26.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tove-birkelund"
name: "Tove Birkelund"
slug: "tove-birkelund"
description: "Tove Birkelund was a Danish geologist who specialized in historical geology. She is remembered internationally for her research into the fossils of extinct squid-like species, including belemnites and ammonites, which she investigated in Denmark, Greenland and several other countries. She played a leading role in the Danish research community, serving as a member of the Danish Research Council for Natural Sciences and of the Carlsberg Foundation. From 1966 to 1986, Birkelund was professor of historical geography at Copenhagen University's Geological Institute."
tagline: "Danish geologist (1928–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Birkelund_Tove.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1928-11-28"
deathDate: "1986-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.24
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.467602666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Tove Birkelund"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Birkelund"
    title: "Tove Birkelund"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Birkelund"
    title: "Tove Birkelund"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Birkelund"
    title: "Tove Birkelund"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Birkelund"
    title: "Tove Birkelund"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Birkelund"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump