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	History of Medieval Greenland
		Eirik the Red, and his father Thorvald Asvaldsson leave SW Norway because "of some killings", and travel to Iceland.
		Eirik marries Thordhild Jorundsdaughter (a relative of Snaebjorn Galti, and a great-grandchild of Eyvind the Easterner) and moved to her lands at Haukadale.
		Thorvald Eiriksson explores east from Leifsbudir and north.
	www.personal.utulsa.edu /~marc-carlson/history/grontime.html (3728 words)

	ipedia.com: Leif Ericson Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leif Ericson was a Viking, the son of Eric the Red, a Norwegian outlaw, who was the son of another Norwegian outlaw, Thorvald Asvaldsson.
		Leif Ericson (Icelandic Leifur Eiríksson) was a Viking, the son of Eric the Red, a Norwegian outlaw, who was the son of another Norwegian outlaw, Thorvald Asvaldsson.
		His father had started two Norse colonies, the Western Settlement and the Eastern Settlement, in Greenland which he had named.
	www.ipedia.com /leif_ericson.html (442 words)

	Rise and fall of Norse settlements in Greenland (s.c.nordic texts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 960, back in Norway, a rather nasty character called Thorvald Asvaldsson killed a man and was forced to flee to Iceland, taking his family with him.
		A hundred years after Floki's ill-fated voyage, the settlement was well established, and the good land in the south of the island was all occupied.
		Thorvald had to make do with poor land in the north.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/greenland.html (1821 words)

	Thorvald Asvaldsson at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thorvald (Þorvaldur) Asvaldsson war Sohn von Ásvald Úlfsson und Vater von Erik dem Roten...
		Thorvald Asvaldsson Thorvald (Ãorvaldur) Asvaldsson war der Vater von Erik dem Roten.
		Thorvald (Þorvaldur) Asvaldsson was the father of the founder and...
	www.springknow.com /Thorvald_Asvaldsson.html (235 words)

	The Best Reviews: James Richard Larson, Eye of Odin Review
		Thorvald Asvaldsson, and his son Erik set forth on a perilous journey, accompanied by the seer Ragnar.
		Banished from his homeland in Norway for religious beliefs that ultimately resulted in murder, a Viking chieftain and his family must leave their home and travel to a new land.
		With the Christian king determined to stamp out the old gods, Thorvald Asvaldsson and his son Erik, who will one day be known as Erik the Red, embark on a perilous journey destined to change the world accompanied by the powerful seer Ragnar.
	thebestreviews.com /review25486 (561 words)

	Erik The Red and Leif Eriksson
		Erik the Red was born in Norway near the town of Stavanger.
		His father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, became involved in a blood feud and killed a man. As was usual for the time, he was sentenced to exile in Iceland, which had first been settled by the Norwegians starting in the 870s.
		He left behind three sons--Leif, Thorvald, and Thorsteinn--and an illegitimate daughter named Freydis, noted for her disputatious manner.
	www.aasd.k12.wi.us /staff/hermansenjoel/apmuseum/bbandn/erik_the_red_and_leif_eriksson.htm (1262 words)

	The Freedom Flyer - Freedom Ship's Shore Excursions and Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Eric had a daughter, Freydis, and three sons, Thorvald, Thorsteinn and Leif.
		It was his second son, the explorer, Leif Eriksson, who is believed to have been one of the first Europeans to reach the North American coastline.
		When his father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, was banished for manslaughter, Eric left Norway with him, and the family settled in what is now called Iceland.
	www.freedomship.com /flyersHTML/nuuk_jun_4/nuuk_jun_4.html (391 words)

	! Assembly of The Elder Troth - Article - The Eye of Odin - Reviewed by Dirk Schmitt
		Set in the 10th Century against the backdrop of the coversion times when Christianity and the ancestral Troth were coming to loggerheads more and more, it is the tale of Thorvald Asvaldsson whom is father to the famous Erik the Red, father to the even more famous Leif Eriksson.
		The Christian King of Norway, determined to eliminate the Ancestral Troth from Norway, causes Thorvald, a 'Heathen' to be banished after a killing which is deemed to be a murder.
		But as is always the way, such safety is never assured, with Thorvald's arrival in Iceland being the impetus for a greedy, murderous Christian ex-slave to take umbrage at the sale of land to Thorvald.
	www.aetaustralia.org /Reviews/Eye_Odin_Review.htm (528 words)

	Erik the Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the comic book character, see Erik the Red (comics).
		Born in the Jaeder district of south-west Norway, he was the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson (Thorvald Asvaldsson), and was therefore also called, patronymically, Erik Torvaldsson (or Eiríkr Þorvaldsson).
		In about 960, Erik's father was forced to flee Norway because of "some killings," as The Saga of Eric the Red recounts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erik_the_Red (854 words)

	Thorvald Asvaldsson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thorvald Asvaldsson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Thorvald Asvaldsson was born in (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway.
		He was exiled from Norway during the reign of King (Click link for more info and facts about Harald Fairhair) Harald Fairhair.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thorvald_asvaldsson.htm (56 words)

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