Thorfinn Karlsefni
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Thorfinn Karlsefni (Thorfinnr Thordarson), (Old Norse: Þorfinnr Karlsefni, Icelandic: Þorfinnur Karlsefni) was an Icelandic explorer who circa 1010 AD led an attempt to settle Vinland with three ships and 160 settlers. Among the settlers was Freydís Eiríksdóttir, half-sister (but according to Grœnlendinga saga she was a full sister) of Leif Eriksson. Karlsefni's wife gave birth to a boy child in Vinland, known as Snorri Guđriđsson (as Guđriđ outlived Thorfinn), the first white child known to have been born in the New World and whom many Icelanders can trace their roots to. The exact location of Karlsefni's colony is unknown but is believed to potentially be the excavated Norse camp at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.
In the early twentieth century, Einar Jónsson, an Icelandic sculptor, created a statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Erik the Red
- Flateyjarbók
- Hauksbók
- Vikings
- Snorri
- Bjarni Herjólfsson
- Spirit Pond runestones
- Saga of Eric the Red
- Grœnlendinga saga
- Helgi and Finnbogi
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