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Also Known As Eirik Torvaldsson • Eirik Raude • Erik Thorvaldson
Flourished c.951 - c.1000
Notable Family Members son Leif Erikson

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Norwegian author
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland
prime minister of Norway
Haakon IV Haakonsson
king of Norway
Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie
Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
Olaf II Haraldsson
king of Norway
Sverrir Sigurdsson
king of Norway
Olaf Tryggvason
king of Norway
Inge I Haraldsson
king of Norway
Haakon VI Magnusson
king of Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian politician
Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
Olaf III Haraldsson
king of Norway
Herman, Count Wedel-Jarlsberg
Norwegian statesman
Harald I
Harald I
king of Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
prime minister of Norway
Ole Bull.
Ole Bull
Norwegian musician
Haakon V Magnusson
king of Norway

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