Eiriksson
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Eiriksson or Eiríksson is a surname
that can refer to the following:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
that can refer to the following:
- Magnús EiríkssonMagnús EiríkssonMagnús Eiríksson was an Icelandic theologian and a contemporary critic of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard and Hans Lassen Martensen in Copenhagen....
(1806-1881), Icelandic theologian - Harald EirikssonHarald EirikssonHarald Eiríksson was joint Earl of Orkney with Harald Maddadsson. Harald Eiríksson, also known as Harald the Young, was the son of Orkney chief Eirik Stagbrell and Ingerid Ragnvaldsdotter, the daughter of Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, the former Earl of Orkney....
, Earl of Orkney (1191–1194) - Eyvindur P. EiríkssonEyvindur P. EiríkssonEyvindur P. Eiríksson is an Icelandic writer born in Hnífsdalur in 1935. He received his B.A. from the University of Iceland in 1964. He received another degree in grammar in 1977. For many years his main profession was teaching, but writing became his main occupation around 1987.His first book of...
(b. 1935), Icelandic writer - Håkon EirikssonHåkon EirikssonHåkon Eiriksson was Earl of Lade and king of Norway as a vassal under Knut the Great.Håkon Eiriksson was from a dynasty of Norwegian rulers in the eastern part of Trondheim, bordering the Trondheimsfjord. He was the son of Eirik Håkonson, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria...
, Earl of Lade - Leif EricsonLeif EricsonLeif Ericson was a Norse explorer who is regarded as the first European to land in North America , nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
(Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c. 970 – c. 1020), a Norse explorer - Thorvald ErikssonThorvald ErikssonThorvald Eiriksson was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson. According to the sagas, he was part of an expedition for the exploration of Vinland....
(Old Icelandic: Þorvaldr Eiríksson), the son of Erik the RedErik the RedErik Thorvaldsson , known as Erik the Red , is remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. The Icelandic tradition indicates that he was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson, he therefore... - Rögnvald ErikssonRögnvald ErikssonRögnvald Eriksson or Ragnvald Eiriksson was, according to Egil's Saga, a son of Erik Bloodaxe. It is unclear whether Rögnvald was Erik's son by his wife Gunnhild or by another woman; the Heimskringla does not mention him among Erik's children with Gunnhild...
(or Ragnvald Eiriksson), a son of Erik Bloodaxe.