Infobox artwork image file ThorfinnKarlsefni 1918.jpg painting alignment image size 300px title ThorfinnKarlsefni alt other language 1 other title 1 other language 2 other title 2 artist year 1920 type Bronze height metric width metric length metric height imperial 84 width imperial 54 length imperial 48 diameter metric diameter imperial imperial unit in metric unit cm city Philadelphia museum coordinates Coord 39.9702 75.19005 owner City of Philadelphia br Fairmont Park Commission see also orfinnr Karlsefni r arson ThorfinnKarlsefni is a bronze statue by Einar J nsson . It is located in Fairmount Park , on Kelly Drive, at the North end of Boat House Row , Philadelphia . It was commissioned by J. Bunford Samuel. It was dedicated on November 20, 1920. ref http www.fpaa.org child map 42 jon tho.html ref ref http dev.fpaa.org interactive art map thorfinnkarlsefni ref The inscription reads Sculpture, lower proper left br Einar Jonsson br sculptor br 1915 18 br On back of Karlsefni s shield Icelandic verse br From the island of the North, of ice and snow, br Of blossoming valleys and blue mountains, br Of the midnight sun and the dreamy mists, br The home of the goddess of northern lights. br Base, front br ThorfinnKarlsefni br Icelander br 1003 1006 br Base, front plaque br Following Leif Ericson s Discovery of br North America in 1003, ThorfinnKarlsefni Br with 165 men and 35 women established a br settlement which lasted for 3 years and br his son Snorri was born in North America br Leif Ericson Society of Pennsylvania br Scandinavian Craft Club of Philadelphia br October 9, 1974 ref http siris artinventories.si.edu ipac20 ipac.jsp?session W31M052V33600.94356&menu search&aspect Keyword&npp 50&ipp 20&spp 20&profile ariall&ri &term &index .GW&aspect Keyword&term &index .AW&term &index .TW&term &index .SW&term &index .FW&term &index .OW&term 75009291&index .NW&x 15&y 22 focus ThorfinnKarlsefni, sculpture . Siris ref br References reflist DEFAULTSORT ThorfinnKarlsefni ... more details
Thorfinn may refer to Thorfinn Turf Einarsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn Skullsplitter floruit 10th century Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn the Mighty floruit early 11th century ThorfinnKarlsefni , Icelandic explorer died circa 1010 Thorfinn of Hamar , Christian bishop and saint hndis ... more details
Earl Thorfinn may refer to Thorfinn Turf Einarsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn Skullsplitter Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Earl of Orkney Thorfinn the Mighty MV Earl Thorfinn MV Earl Thorfinn , a ferry in the Orkney Ferries fleet disambig ... more details
Thorfinn Sigurdsson 1009? c. 1064? , called Thorfinn the Mighty , ref cite book last Magnusson first ... by his marriage to the daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland . Thorfinn was the youngest of the five ... Olaf Trygvasson. Thorfinn married Ingibiorg Finnsdottir , daughter of Finn Arnesson , Jarl of Halland ... Saga , wrote that Thorfinn was the most powerful of all the earls of Orkney. He is said to have ... of Scots named Karl Hundason whose identity is very uncertain. Background Thorfinn was the youngest ... at the Battle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014. Before setting out for Ireland, he had sent Thorfinn ... s death came, Thorfinn s older half brothers divided Orkney and Shetland between them. King M el Coluim set Thorfinn up as ruler of Caithness and Sutherland with Scots advisors to rule for him ... Saga gives this description of Thorfinn blockquote He was unusually tall and strong, an ugly looking ... and Shetland became a matter of dispute. Thorfinn had grown up fast, ref Or alternatively he ... Amundason led the opposition to Einar. Thorkel, in danger of his life, fled to Thorfinn s court ... the Fosterer. Einar and Thorfinn began raising armies to settle matters by force, but Earl Brusi made peace between them by persuading Einar to give Thorfinn what he asked for. ref Orkneyinga Saga , cc. 14&ndash 15. ref Thorfinn appointed Thorkel the Fosterer as his tax gatherer in the islands, but Einar ... to Caithness. Thorkel then travelled to Norway with Thorfinn s support, to meet with King Olaf ... Einar for the killing of his comrade Eyvind Aurochs Horn some years earlier. Olaf invited Thorfinn to Norway, and he too was welcomed to Olaf s court. Thorfinn and Thorkel returned to Orkney, to find ... had agreed when Thorfinn received a third of the islands. Thorfinn thought that the islands should be divided equally. However, Thorfinn could count on the assistance of his grandfather, King M el ... judge the dispute, and Thorfinn joined him there. Brusi surrendered the earldom to Olaf, who granted ... more details
Thorfinn of Hamar died 1285 was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway. ref http www.catholic.org saints saint.php?saint id 245 St. Thorfinn Catholic Online ref Thorfinn was born at Trondheim in Norway , and may have been a Cistercian monk before becoming Ancient Diocese of Hamar Bishop of Hamar . Although he achieved a fair amount of fame as a saint , comparatively few details of his life are clearly known. ref http saints.sqpn.com saintt0l.htm Saint Thorfinn Saints.SQPN ref Thorfinn and many other bishops of the area disagreed with the sitting King Eric II of Norway regarding a number of issues, including episcopal elections. King Erik received the nickname Priesthater from his less than successful relations with the church. ref http www.snl.no Eirik Magnusson Eirik Magnusson Store norske leksikon ref There had been an agreement, the T nsberg Pact Concord S ttargjerden in T nsberg signed in 1277 between King Magnus VI of Norway and Jon Raude, the Archbishop of Nidaros confirming certain privileges of the clergy, the freedom of episcopal elections and similar matters. ref http www.snl.no S C3 A6ttargjerden i Tunsberg S ttargjerden i Tunsberg Store norske leksikon ref In 1282, King Eric repudiated this agreement, and a fierce dispute between Church and state ensued. Eventually the King outlawed Archbishop Jon Raude, and his two chief supporters, Bishop Andres of Oslo and Bishop Thorfinn of Hamar . ref http www.snl.no .nbl biografi hinn sta C3 B0fasti Jon Raude utdypning hinn sta fasti Jon Raude utdypning Store norske leksikon ref Bishop Thorfinn, after many hardships including shipwreck, made his way to the Abbey of Ter Doest Abdij Ter Doest at Lissewege ... Muda, one of the monks at Ter Doest at the time, wrote a poem praising the character of Thorfinn. Father Walter remembered Bishop Thorfinn staying in the monastery and the impression he had made of gentle ... saint stub no Torfinn av Hamar ru fi Thorfinn Hamarilainen uk ... more details
coord 67 21 S 60 54 E display title type landmark Thorfinn Islands is a group of small islands lying about 5 miles off the Mawson Coast of Mac. Robertson Land between Campbell Head and Cape Simpson . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition , 1936 37, and named by them, apparently after the Norwegian whale catcher Thorfinn. ref gnis type antarid 15232 ref References reflist Category Islands of Mac. Robertson Land MacRobertsonLand geo stub ... more details
File ThorfinnKarlsefni 1918.jpg thumb upright 1.2 ThorfinnKarlsefni Jonsson Statue of ThorfinnKarlsefni by Einar J nsson in Philadelphia Foreignchars , and Thorfinnr Karlsefni Thordarson Icelandic name Thorfinn, Thorfinnr, orfinnr or orfinnur male ThorfinnKarlsefni Old West Norse Old Norse orfinnr Karlsefni , Icelandic language Icelandic orfinnur Karlsefni was an Iceland ic explorer who circa 1010 Anno Domini AD led an attempt to settle V nland with three ships and 160 settlers. Among the settlers was Freyd s Eir ksd ttir , according to Gr nlendinga saga and Eir ks saga rau a , sister or half sister of Leif Eriksson . Thorfinn s wife Gu r r orbjarnard ttir gave birth to a boy in V nland, known as Snorri orfinnsson Snorri Gu r arson , ref cite news first Alana last Mitchell authorlink author coauthors title Legend that begins in Newfoundland ends with a fantasy discovery in field url http www.vanderkrogt.net statues object.php?webpage LE&record is004 format Reprint work Leif Eriksson Monuments Pages publisher pages page date 2002 11 30 accessdate 2008 08 25 quote Eventually, they settled in what is now Newfoundland, gave birth to Snorri Thorfinnson and stayed for about three years. archiveurl archivedate ref ref nl icon nl Snorri Thorfinnson Snorri Thorfinnson Wikipedia ... . In the early twentieth century, Einar J nsson , an Icelandic sculptor , created a ThorfinnKarlsefni Jonsson statue of ThorfinnKarlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . There is another ... cs ThorfinnKarlsefni de ThorfinnKarlsefni el es ThorfinnKarlsefni fr ThorfinnKarlsefni fy ThorfinnKarlsefni is orfinnur karlsefni it orfinnr Karlsefni nl ThorfinnKarlsefni ja ... many Icelanders can trace their roots. The exact location of Thorfinn s colony is unknown but is believed ... Saga manga Vinland Saga is loosely based on Thorfinn and his likely fictional connection to Cnut ... s Thorfinn author James C. Brogan year 1889 notaref x Vinland Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... more details
Thorfinn Skullsplitter Hausakljufr Old Norse orfinnr hausaklj fr , skull splitter died 976 was earl of Orkney . He was the youngest son of Torf Einarr . Thorfinn married Grelod, daughter of the Mormaer of Caithness and granddaughter of Thorstein the Red . Thorfinn and Grelod had five sons and two daughters. Their son Arnfinn Thorfinnsson married Ragnhild Eiriksdotter , daughter of Eirik Bloodaxe and his widow, Gunnhildr . Thorfinn may have been buried in the broch at Hoxa, on South Ronaldsay . ref Wenham, Sheena The South Isles in Omand, Donald ed. 2003 The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1 84158 254 9 p. 211. ref The modern Orcadian beer SkullSplitter is named after him. The five sons of Thorfinn were Arnfinn, Havard, Hlodvir, Ljot, and Skuli. Arnfinns wife, Ragnhild Eiriks Dottir had her husband killed at Murkle in Caithness and married Havard who ruled as earl for a time. Skuli gave allegiance to the Scots king who made him Earl of Caithness and Orkney but never gained control of Orkney, being killed in battle against Ljot in Caithness. Ljot later died in battle, possibly against Macbeth, King of Scotland MacBeth of Mormaer of Moray Moray ref Source Saga translation by Hermann Palsson ref . References references Category Norwegian earls Thorfinn Hausakljuv, Earl of Orkney Category People from Orkney Thorfinn Category Earls of Orkney Category 976 deaths Thorfinn Category 10th century rulers in Europe Orkney bio stub es Thorfinn Hausaklj fr fr Thorfinn Einarsson ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Foreignchars Snorri Thorbrandsson Icelandic name Snorri Snorri orbrandsson is a character in the Icelandic Eyrbyggja saga . He was from lftafj r ur in west Iceland , a blood brother of the renowned Snorri go i orgr msson and comrade in arms with Thorfinn Karlsefni orfinnr Karlsefni . Following mild injury and outlawry resulting from a conflict with Steinthor of Eyr, Snorri orbrandsson travelled to Greenland with his brother orleifr Kimbi and perished in battle against the skr lings , Inuit indigenous people, during Karlsefni s trip to Vinland. DEFAULTSORT Snorri Thorbrandsson Category Viking exploration of North America Lit char stub ... more details
de Leifsbudir Leifsbudir or Leifsbu ir was a settlement, mentioned in the Greenland Saga , founded by Leif Eriksson in 1000 or 1001 in Vinland . Later, 160 Greenlanders, including 16 women, established themselves there under the leadership of Norseman Thorfinn Karlsefni , the first European to come into contact with the local Skr ling s , or Indigenous peoples of the Americas American Indian s. Karlsefni s son, Snorri Thorfinnsson , is believed to have been the first child of European descent to be born in the Americas. However the settlement was a temporary one, and the settlers were forced to abandon Leifsbudir due to a lack of trade with natives and return to Greenland. ref http www.mnh.si.edu vikings voyage subset vinland sagas.html Number of Settlements in Vinland Vinland Sagas ref Leifsbudir is now believed by most scholars both historians and archaeologists to have been located at L Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland . ref http vinlandpublishing.com files documents Historical 20Perspective 20of 20the 20Greenland 20Vikings.pdf Historical Perspective of the Greenland Vikings J. A. Hunsinger ref See also Sk lholt References references External links Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History http www.mnh.si.edu vikings start.html Vikings The North Atlantic Saga Category History of Greenland Category History of North America Category History of Newfoundland and Labrador Category Viking Age Category Vinland de Leifsbudir it Leifsbudir nl Leifsbu ir ... more details
about a Viking name for part of North America the Scottish land measurement Markland Scots Image Vinland karta, Nordisk familjebok.png right thumb Hypothetical map of Vinland, Markland and Helluland Nordisk familjebok. 1921 Markland is the name given to a part of shoreline in Labrador, Canada , named by Leif Eriksson when he landed in North America. The word Markland is from the Old Norse language for forestland or borderland . It is described as being north of Vinland and south of Helluland . Although it was never apparently settled by Norsemen , there were probably a number of later expeditions from Greenland to gather timber. ref http www.mnh.si.edu vikings voyage subset markland sagas.html The Vinland sagas National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center ref The Saga of the Greenlanders tells that Leif Eriksson set out in the year 1002 or 1003 to follow the route first described by Bjarni Herj lfsson . The first land Eriksson went to was covered with flat rocks Old Norse hella . He therefore called it Helluland meaning Land of the Flat Stones . Next Eriksson came to a land that was flat and wooded, with white sandy beaches, which he called this Markland. The Saga of the Greenlanders also tells of 160 men and women who settled in Markland for winter protection led by Thorfinn Karlsefni orfinnr Karlsefni r arson , circa 1010 AD. ref Michael Kraus, Davis D. Joyce, The Writing of American History ref ref Heimskringla or The Lives of The Norse Kings Sturlason, Snorre. 2004. Kessinger Publishing ref It is commonly epistemology believed to be Labrador , as Labrador lies in the heavily forested taiga region of the Northern Hemisphere. Ericson s crew cut down trees and took them to Greenland , because Greenland had few trees. It has further been claimed that Markland probably was Southern Labrador, with Helluland being Northern Labrador divided by the Groswater Bay Lake Melville . ref http www.ensignmessage.com archives vikings.html Where in North America di ... more details
. Karlsefni s expedition A ship arrives in Greenland from Norway commanded by ThorfinnKarlsefni ON orfinnr karlsefni , a man of means. He falls in love with Gudrid and they marry. Karlsefni is encouraged ... displays this Leif and Karlsefni panel of 10 from Bernhard Hoetger s 1934 ocean crossing set Leif ... for trade. The Skraelings want weapons in return but Karlsefni forbids his men to trade weapons. Instead ... winter the Skraelings come again to trade. This time one of Karlsefni s men kills a Skraeling as he reaches for Norse weapons. The Skraelings run off. Karlsefni fears the natives will return ... and the Norsemen manage to fight them off. Karlsefni stays there for the remainder of the winter and returns to Greenland next spring. During their stay in Vinland, Karlsefni and Gudrid had the son Snorri ... he still does not want to do that to Freydis, my sister, which she has deserved . End of the saga Karlsefni ... to be an attempt to establish its credibility Karlsefni has accurately related to all men the occurrences ... more details
bilateral Canada Norway Norway Canada File Wergelandsveien 7 2009 06 20 at 16 53 30.jpg thumb The Canadian embassy in Norway . Image Little Norway 1940.jpg thumb Little Norway , a Norwegian Army Air Service Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in Canada during the World War II Second World War . Canada Norway relations are foreign relations between Canada and Norway . History The very first Europeans to reach North America were Norsemen, who made at least one major effort at settlement at L Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland around 1000 AD. Snorri Thorfinnsson aka Snorri Gu ri sson, was the son of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gu ri . He is thought to be the first European baby born in North America. ref http www.smithsonianmag.com history archaeology vikings.html Smithsonian Magazine History & Archaeology The Vikings A Memorable Visit to America Bot generated title ref Little Norway was a Norwegian Army Air Service Royal Norwegian Air Force training camp in Canada during World War II . Camp Norway in Lunenburg , Nova Scotia was the naval training camp. ref http www.emb norway.ca News and events norwaycanada campnorway norwegians ref During the Cold War, Canadian troops were stationed in Norway as part of the NATO alliance. The Canadian Air Sea Transportable Brigade Group was assigned to reinforce Norway in the case of a general war in Europe. Diplomatic ties Canada has an embassy in Oslo and a consulate in Bergen. Norway has an embassy in Ottawa and three consulates general in Montreal , Toronto and Vancouver , as well as honorary consuls in most provincial capitals. Both countries are full members of the Arctic Council , of the Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe , of NATO and of the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development . Past immigration There are 433,000 people of Norwegian people Norwegian descent living in Canada. See also Foreign relations of Canada Foreign relations of Norway Canadians of Norwegian descent References ref ... more details
1900 J nas Hallgr msson 1907 J n Sigur sson 1911 Christian IX 1915 ThorfinnKarlsefni Jonsson orfinnur Karlsefni 1920 Hallgr mur P tursson 1922 Ing lfur Arnarson 1924 Hannes Hafstein 1931 ... more details
personage of early Vinland explorer ThorfinnKarlsefni , Thorfinn is a teenage warrior ... of the Afternoon printing of Vinland Saga volume 1, featuring the character Thorfinn ja kanji ... plot centered on the historical explorer Thorfinn, the son of a murdered ex warrior. The presentation ... commander named Askeladd and containing a gifted young fighter named Thorfinn. The band chances on a besieged ... member of the company, Thorfinn bears a deep grudge against Askeladd as Askeladd killed Thorfinn s father when Thorfinn was a young boy. The youth incessantly demands duels with his commander ... force led by Thorkell the Tall , a fellow Viking. Thorfinn and Thorkell meet in battle, and Askeladd ... s plan, all along. Thorfinn, upon seeing Askeladd dying, tries to kill now King Canute Thorfinn s sole drive in life was to kill Askeladd and he felt robbed of this right by Canute. When Thorfinn is stopped, Canute decides to spare his life due to understanding Thorfinn s perspective. Canute shows mercy ... later, Thorfinn, bereft of his warrior spirit, starts his life as a slave to Ketil, a rich and kind .... Thorfinn and Einar are to work together as slaves and as farmers. Their farm, given to them by Ketil, will allow them to purchase their freedom through the success with their crops. Einar and Thorfinn ... down on slaves, destroy Thorfinn s and Einar s wheat crops. When Thorfinn and Einar confront the jealous servants, they both get into a fight with them where Thorfinn is knocked out and has a gruesome vision. In his dreams, many corpses are seen fighting and clawing at Thorfinn, as though they are trying to drag him down with them into eternal battle. Thors appears to his son and reveals to Thorfinn that he never wanted him to become a Viking warrior. Thorfinn assumes that this is a nightmarish version Valhalla, where dead Vikings fight a never ending battle. Askeladd then appears to Thorfinn and reveals that it is not Valhalla nor is it a peaceful afterlife these are all of the people that Thorfinn ... more details
did the real settlers land? The Norse sagas say that the expedition was led by orfinnr Karlsefni r arson ThorfinnKarlsefni , but there was no sign of him. Then Ottar, overhearing, reveals that his formal name is indeed ThorfinnKarlsefni. Shocked, Barney and Hewitt realize that the colony ... more details
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Image Erikr eng.png thumb 350 px The different sailing routes to Greenland, Vinland Newfoundland , Helluland Baffin Island and Markland Labrador travelled by different characters in the Icelandic Sagas, mainly Saga of Erik the Red and Saga of the Greenlanders . The names are the common modern English versions of the old Norse names Eir ks saga rau a Audio Eir ks saga rau a.ogg listen or the Saga of Erik the Red is a Norse saga saga on the Norse colonization of the Americas Norse exploration of North America . The saga chronicles the events that led to Erik the Red s banishment to Greenland as well as Leif Ericson s discovery of Vinland Vinland the Good after his longship was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present day Newfoundland island Newfoundland , and is likely the first European discovery of the Americas American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus s journey. The saga is preserved in two manuscripts in somewhat different versions Hauksb k 14th century and Sk lholtsb k 15th century . Modern philologists believe the Sk lholtsb k version to be truer to the original. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century. See also Vinland sagas , Gr&oelig nlendinga saga . Translations There have been numerous translations of the saga, some of the most prominent of which are Jones, Gwyn trans. , Eirik the Red s Saga , in The Norse Atlantic Saga Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland, and North America , new edn Oxford Oxford University Press, 1986 , pp. 207 35. Based on Sk lholtsb k, showing some variants from Hauksb k. Kunz, Keneva trans. , Erik the Red s Saga , in The Sagas of Icelanders A Selection London Penguin, 2001 , pp. 653 74. Apparently translates the Sk lholtsb k text. Reeves, Arthur Middleton ed. and trans. , The Saga of Eric the Red, also Called the Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni and Snorri Thorbransson , in The Finding of Wineland the G ... more details
that the inhabitants of Markland speak of it to ThorfinnKarlsefni ref Sephton, 1880, p. 7. ref ... quoted some Icelanders who had heard Earl Thorfinn of Orkney say that Ari had been recognized ... five Skr lingar one was a bearded man, two were women, two children. Karlsefni s people caught ... more details
Brusi Sigurdsson died between 1030 and 1035 was one of Sigurd Hlodvirsson s four sons together with Thorfinn Sigurdsson Thorfinn , Einar Sigurdsson Einar and Sumarlidi Sigurdsson Sumarlidi . He was jointly Earl of Orkney from 1014. His life is recorded in the Orkneyinga Saga . When Earl Sigurd was killed at the Battle of Clontarf , he left four sons Brusi, Sumarlidi Sigurdsson Sumarlidi , Einar Sigurdsson Einar and Thorfinn Sigurdsson Thorfinn . Thorfinn was only a child, whereas his three brothers were grown men, so the Earldom was divided between the three older brothers. ref Orkneyinga Saga , c. 13 St Olaf s Saga , c. 96. ref Sumarlidi died soon after, and Einar, called Wry Mouth, took his share, ruling two thirds of the Earldom and leaving a third for Brusi. Einar soon became unpopular, demanding heavy taxes and frequent military service from the farmers, and gaining little booty on his raids. He was, the saga says, a great bully , whereas Brusi was gentle, restrained, unassuming and a fine speaker and well liked by everyone . ref Orkneyinga Saga , c. 13 St Olaf s Saga , c. 97. ref Brusi had to make peace between Einar and Thorfinn when the youngest brother grew to manhood, not once but twice. In the end, Einar plotted Thorfinn s death but was found out and killed by Thorfinn ... meant that Brusi inherited another third of the earldom on Einar s death, leaving Thorfinn with one part of the earldom, Brusi with two. Thorfinn was not pleased with this arrangement, and asked Brusi for a half share. This Brusi refused. However, while Thorfinn could count on the aid of his ... of the Earldom settled, and Thorfinn followed him there. Olaf kept Einar s share for himself, appointing ... Saga , cc. 17&ndash 19 Saint Olaf s Saga , cc. 100&ndash 102. ref Brusi later gave Thorfinn the disputed third of the islands in return for Thorfinn seeing to the defence of Orkney and Shetland ... 1014 1020 sup br sup with Sumarlidi Sigurdsson 1014 1015 sup after Thorfinn Sigurdsson s end Notes ... more details
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