Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameLeiv Eiriksson 
Birthca 980
Deathca 1030
Alias/AKALeiv the Lucky, Leif Ericsson
FatherEirik Raude
MotherThjothild
Notes for Leiv Eiriksson
We have no accurate dates for the birth and death of Leif "the Lucky" Ericsson (also spelled Ericson or Erikson; in Norwegian, Leiv Eriksson den Hepne; in Old Norse, Leifr Eriksson), but we do know that around the year 1000 AD he made a historic journey to North America.
The second son of Erik the Red, Leif visited Norway and converted to Christianity. He was charged with returning to Greenland and converting others there, but instead he sailed further west and is believed to have landed somewhere in Nova Scotia. It was once thought that he accidentally sailed off course, but Leif was more likely deliberately seeking the land that Bjarni Herjulfsson had spotted some years earlier. He spent a year on the continent before returning home to Greenland, where he served as governor and preached Christianity.
Leif's adventures in America are chronicled in 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic sagas, including the Groenlendinga saga (the Greenlanders' Saga) and Eiriks saga (Erik's Saga).
Important Dates: Leif Ericsson Day: Oct. 9 (declared by President Johnson in 1964)
[Leif's brother came to Vinland with his family. In fact Leif's nephew Snorri was the first European child born in North America. Leif's brother was later killed in a Indian attack. / Surprisingly, few people ever returned to Vinland, only Leif's sister and a small group of settlers who were killed by Indians. Because of this, Europe remained almost totally in the dark about the discovery of this new world. The only references to it are in the Norse sagas where most of the information concerning Leif Erikson is recorded. ]
The second son of Erik the Red, Leif visited Norway and converted to Christianity. He was charged with returning to Greenland and converting others there, but instead he sailed further west and is believed to have landed somewhere in Nova Scotia. It was once thought that he accidentally sailed off course, but Leif was more likely deliberately seeking the land that Bjarni Herjulfsson had spotted some years earlier. He spent a year on the continent before returning home to Greenland, where he served as governor and preached Christianity.
Leif's adventures in America are chronicled in 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic sagas, including the Groenlendinga saga (the Greenlanders' Saga) and Eiriks saga (Erik's Saga).
Important Dates: Leif Ericsson Day: Oct. 9 (declared by President Johnson in 1964)
[Leif's brother came to Vinland with his family. In fact Leif's nephew Snorri was the first European child born in North America. Leif's brother was later killed in a Indian attack. / Surprisingly, few people ever returned to Vinland, only Leif's sister and a small group of settlers who were killed by Indians. Because of this, Europe remained almost totally in the dark about the discovery of this new world. The only references to it are in the Norse sagas where most of the information concerning Leif Erikson is recorded. ]