# Erik the Red

> A Norse explorer exiled twice — first from Norway as a child, then from Iceland as an adult — who turned the second banishment into a colonization opportunity, naming a frozen island "Greenland" and selling it to settlers who followed him west.

*Explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/erik-the-red

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 950
- **Died:** 1003
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 950 in Rogaland, Norway, Erik Thorvaldsson sailed to Iceland as a boy when his father was banished. He married Þjódhild Jorundsdottir there and raised four children, including Leif Erikson. Around 982, Erik himself was exiled from Iceland for three years. He spent that sentence exploring the land to the west, charting fjords and coastline. When the exile lifted, he returned with stories and a plan, calling the new territory Greenland to attract colonists. The first European settlement took root under his lead. He died there around 1003 during a winter epidemic, never seeing Norway again.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 11.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #168

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Norway, #Europe, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172345)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Erik%20the%20Red)
- [Erik Kerik](https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Kerik)
- [Kürən Erik](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCr%C9%99n_Erik)
- [Эйрык Раўдзі](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96)
- [Эйрык Рыжы](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B9%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%B6%D1%8B)
- [Ерик Торвалдсон](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Erik ar Ruz](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_ar_Ruz)
- [Eric el Roig](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_el_Roig)
- [Erik Rudý](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rud%C3%BD)
- [Eric Goch](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Goch)
- [Erik den Røde](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_den_R%C3%B8de)
- [Erik der Rote](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_der_Rote)
- [Έρικ ο Ερυθρός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%BF_%CE%95%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Eriko la ruĝa](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriko_la_ru%C4%9Da)
- [Erik el Rojo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_el_Rojo)
- [Eiríkr Punane](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eir%C3%ADkr_Punane)
- [Erik Gorria](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Gorria)
- [اریک سرخ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AE)
- [Erik Punainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Punainen)
- [Eirikur Reyði](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirikur_Rey%C3%B0i)
- [Erik le Rouge](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_le_Rouge)
- [Earik de Reade](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earik_de_Reade)
- [Erik an Dearg](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_an_Dearg)
- [إريك الأحمر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1)
- [اريك الاحمر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1)

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