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Erik Thorvaldsson (; 950 – c. 1003 ), known as Erik the Red (), is remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
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The Icelandic tradition indicates that he was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson, he therefore also appears, patronymically, as Erik Thorvaldsson ( Eiríkr Þorvaldsson ).
* Erik the Red, or Eirikr Thorvaldsson, the nation's first chieftain and its first settler, began rule in 985.
Famous early Icelanders were Erik the Red ( Eiríkur Thorvaldsson ), who discovered and colonized Greenland in 982, and his son Leif Ericsson, who introduced Christianity to Greenland and discovered the North American continent ( c. 1000 ).
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Thorvald Eiriksson (; ) was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson.
Erik Kenneth Edman (; born 11 November 1978 in Huskvarna ) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Helsingborgs IF.
Nils Erik Mattias Bjärsmyr (; born 3 January 1986 ) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg in Allsvenskan as a defender.
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* Erik the Red ( or 1003 ) ( b. 950 )
* Erik the Red ( 950 – 1003 ) – Norwegian Viking explorer.
*( Erik Ringsson, c. 940 – c. 950 )
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* 1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist
* 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer ( b. 1928 )
* 2008 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter ( The Tarriers and The Rooftop Singers ) ( b. 1933 )
* 1967 – Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director
* 1970 – Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist
* 1950 – Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Iron Butterfly ) ( d. 2003 )
* 1966 – Erik Pappas, Greek-American baseball player
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie () ( 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925 ; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884 ) was a French composer and pianist.
* 2008 – Erik Ortvad, Danish artist ( b. 1917 )
* 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian politician ( d. 2008 )
* 1761 – Erik Tulindberg, Finnish composer ( d. 1814 )
* 1984 – Erik Cadée, Dutch discus thrower
* 1986 – Erik Ainge, American football player
* 1960 – Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
* 1917 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter ( d. 2008 )
* 1904 – Erik Wickberg, Swedish 9th general of the Salvation Army ( d. 1996 )
* 1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist
* 1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
* 1973 – Erik Nys, Belgian long jumper
* 1991 – Erik Per Sullivan, American actor
Erik was deposed ( 1438 – 39 ) as the union king and was succeeded by the childless Christopher of Bavaria.
* 2001 – 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
* 1994 – Erik Erikson, German psychoanalyst ( b. 1902 )
* 1988 – Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
* 1992 – Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer
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* Erik Segersäll, King of Sweden since 970 ( b. c. 945 )
Eric Trolle ( or Erik Arvidsson ) ( c. 1460 – 1530 ) was elected regent of Sweden in 1512, during the era of Kalmar Union.
Erik Axelsson ( Tott ), ( c. 1419 – 1481 ) Dano-Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with Jöns Bengtsson ( Oxenstierna ), and alone 1466 – 1467.
* Eric the younger ( Erik den Yngre ): c. 854, mention 864, possibly d. 873
In his Gesta Danorum ( c. 1200 ), the historian Saxo Grammaticus refers to the power music had over King Erik the Kind-Hearted.
* c. 985-1014 AD: Norsemen led by Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, set up outposts in North America like L ' Anse aux Meadows and encounter Eskimos, Beothuks, and Micmacs.
Eric " IX " of Sweden, ( Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson ; Erik den helige ), also called Eric the Lawgiver, Erik the Saint, Eric the Holy and in Sweden Sankt Erik meaning Saint Eric ( died 18 May 1160 ) was a Swedish king c. 1155 – 1160.
Eric " X " of Sweden, Swedish: Erik Knutsson ; Old Norse: Eiríkr Knútsson ( c. 1180 – 10 April 1216 ) was the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216.
Helgeland is the scene for Henrik Ibsen's 1857 historical play " The Vikings at Helgeland " ( Hærmændene paa Helgeland ), whose plot takes place at this region during the time of Erik Blood-axe ( c. 930 – 934 ).
The keep was slightly modified c. 1520, then extensively modified and expanded in the 1560s by Scottish stonemasons and architects in the service of Erik Rosenkrantz to attain its present form.
** c. 1000: Erik the Red and Leif Ericson, Viking navigators, discovered and settled Greenland, Helluland ( possibly Baffin Island ), Markland ( perhaps Labrador ) and Vinland ( probably Newfoundland ).
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