Thorfinn Karlsefni

Thorfinn Karlsefni
Statue of Thorfinn by Einar Jónsson
Born	c. 980 Icelandic Commonwealth
Died	c. after 1007
Occupation	Merchant/Trader & Explorer
Known for	Early exploration of Vinland
Partner	Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
Children	Snorri Thorfinnsson Thorbjorn Thorfinnsson

Part of a series on the
Norse colonization of North America
Leiv Eirikson Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg
Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement Gunnbjörn's skerries Great Ireland Tanfield Valley Straumfjörð
Alleged artifacts Maine penny Skálholt Map Kensington Runestone Vinland Map
Explorers Erik the Red Leif Erikson Thorvald Eiriksson Freydís Eiríksdóttir Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Snæbjörn galti Bjarni Herjólfsson Thorfinn Karlsefni Helgi and Finnbogi
Literature Saga of Erik the Red Saga of the Greenlanders Flateyjarbók Hauksbók Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum Book of Icelanders Skræling Greenlandic Norse
Researchers Galvano Fiamma Adam of Bremen Carl Christian Rafn Helge Ingstad Anne Stine Ingstad Birgitta Wallace Patricia Sutherland Robert McGhee Gwyn Jones William W. Fitzhugh
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Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson^[a] was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there with his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir and their followers.
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