# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thorvald-eiriksson
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:47:30.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thorvald-eiriksson"
name: "Thorvald Eiriksson"
slug: "thorvald-eiriksson"
description: "Thorvald Eiriksson was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson. \nThe only Medieval Period source material available regarding Thorvald Eiriksson are the two Vinland sagas; the Greenland Saga and the Saga of Erik the Red. Although differing in various detail, according to both sagas Thorvald was part of an expedition for the exploration of Vinland and became the first European to die in North America outside of Greenland."
tagline: "Icelandic explorer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thorvald_Eiriksson_wounded_by_the_red_men.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "975"
deathDate: "1006"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.92729066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Торвальд Ейрікссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ثورفالد ايريكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torvald_Eriksson"
    title: "Torvald Eriksson"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eiriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eiriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorvaldr_Eir%C3%ADksson"
    title: "Þorvaldr Eiríksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Θόρβαλντ Έρικσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eiriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eiriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eriksson"
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    title: "Thorvald Eriksson"
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    title: "Thorvald Eiriksson"
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    title: "Þorvaldr Eiríksson"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvaldus_Erici_filius"
    title: "Thorvaldus Erici filius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torvald_Eiriksson"
    title: "Torvald Eiriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorvald_Eriksson"
    title: "Thorvald Eriksson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump