Leif Ericsson

Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson
	Statue o Leif near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, Unitit States
Born	c. 970; Icelandic Commonweel
Dee'd	c. 1020; Greenland
Naitionality	Icelandic–Norse
Thrift	Explorer
Kent for	First European in Vinland (Pairt o North Americae; possibly Newfoundland)
Pairtner(s)	Thorgunna (c. 999)
Bairns	Thorgils, Thorkell
Kin	Erik the Reid (faither), Þjóðhildur (mither), Thorvald, Thorstein an Freydís (siblings)

Leif Ericsson ( LAYF or /ˈliːf/ LEEF; Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson; Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson c. 970 – c. 1020) wis a Viking explorer frae Norawa. He wis the first European tae veesit North Americae in historical times.^[1] He splored the laund aboot the day's Newfundland, Canadae, cryin it Vinland.^[2] He wis the son o Eric the Reid (Eiríkr rauði), a Norwegian ootlaw,^[3] that wis the son o anither, Thorvald Asvaldsson (Þorvald Ásvaldsson). His mither wis Þjoðhild. His faither haed stairtit twa Norse colonies, the Wastren Settlement and the Eastren Settlement, in Greenland.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Leif Eriksson". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 November 2025.
↑ "Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?". 11 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
↑ Regal, Brian (6 Mey 2022). The Battle over America's Origin Story: Legends, Amateurs, and Professional Historiographers (in Inglis). Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-99538-6.
↑ "Shouldn't Leifr Eiríksson ('Leif the Lucky') really be viewed as a Greenlander with family roots in Iceland and Norway?". The Icelandic Web of Science (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 November 2025.
↑ Jones, Gwyn (1986). The Norse Atlantic saga: being the Norse voyages of discovery and settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America (New and enl. ed ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-19-215886-4.CS1 maint: extra text (link)

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[1] "Leif Eriksson". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca (in Inglis). Retrieved 13 November 2025.

[2] "Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?". 11 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2025.

[3] Regal, Brian (6 Mey 2022). The Battle over America's Origin Story: Legends, Amateurs, and Professional Historiographers (in Inglis). Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-99538-6.

[4] "Shouldn't Leifr Eiríksson ('Leif the Lucky') really be viewed as a Greenlander with family roots in Iceland and Norway?". The Icelandic Web of Science (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 November 2025.

[5] Jones, Gwyn (1986). The Norse Atlantic saga: being the Norse voyages of discovery and settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America (New and enl. ed ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr. ISBN 978-0-19-215886-4.CS1 maint: extra text (link)

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