# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilhelm-pedersen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:20.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilhelm-pedersen"
name: "Vilhelm Pedersen"
slug: "vilhelm-pedersen"
description: "Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen was a Danish painter and illustrator who is known for his illustrations for fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. He was the first artist to illustrate Andersen's works. His drawings were converted into wood prints and used in the Danish and German editions."
tagline: "Danish artist (1820–1859)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vilhelm_Pedersen%2C_Danish_illustrator.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1820-01-28"
deathDate: "1859-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.15082933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vilhelm Pedersen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump