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Hörður Torfason

Icelandic songwriter and activist
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Summary

Hörður Torfason was born on September 4, 1945[1]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter[2], activist[3], and theatrical director[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1945[6]
  • Country of citizenship: Iceland[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Commons category: Hörður Torfason[9]
  • Given name: Hörður[10]
  • Official website: https://www.hordurtorfa.com/[11]
  • Patronym or matronym: Torfason[12]

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[13]

  • Began / founded: 1945-09-04[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c0fe4ebd-c6af-4003-871f-ed345e2e21cf[15]

Why It Matters

Hörður Torfason is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

FAQs

What did Hörður Torfason do for work?

Hörður Torfason worked as a singer-songwriter[2], activist[3], and theatrical director[4].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.hordurtorfa.com/
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Hörður
    Website → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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