Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson

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Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson (Anglicized: Thorvald Asvaldsson) was the father of the discoverer of Greenland, Eiríkr Rauði (Erik the Red) and grandfather of Leifr Eiríksson, who visited North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. (See Discovery of America.) His father was Ásvald Úlfsson, son of Úlf Øxna-Þórir, brother of Naddod, discoverer of Iceland.

Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson was born in Norway. He was exiled from Norway during the reign of King Harald Fairhair because he had committed murder. He died in Iceland.