Leif was born in Iceland in 970 AD. His father,Erik Thordvalsson(Erik the Red), was a Norse explorer from Norway. In 986 AD, he moved his family to Greenland. During their stay in the country, Erik discovered two Norse colonies – the Eastern and Western settlements. Erik traditionally ...
Erikson sailed from Greenland to Norway around 1000. On the way, he was believed to have stopped in the Hebrides, where he had a son, Thorgils, with Thorgunna, daughter of a local chief. In Norway, King Olaf I Tryggvason converted Erikson toChristianity, and a year later sent him back...
Leif Erikson, son of Viking chief Erik the Red, is remembered as the first known European to have set foot in North America and to have established a settlement there. He returned to Greenland, where he served as chief after his father's death....
However, the real Leif Erikson wasn’t a pagan all his life, and that twist at the end of Vikings: Valhalla season 1 sets up a fix to his story in season 2. Leif Erikson was the son of Erik the Red and is believed to have been the first European to have set foot on continental ...
Leif Erikson, Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America. The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life show that he was a member of an early voyage to eastern North America, although he ma