Snorri Thorfinnsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Snorri.
Snorri Thorfinnsson
Born
Snorri Þorfinnsson

c. 1004 - 1013 AD
Vinland
Diedc. 1090 AD
Iceland
Known forChristianisation of Iceland
Children2
Parents
  • Thorfinn Karlsefni (father)
  • Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (mother)

Snorri Thorfinnsson (Old Norse and Icelandic: Snorri Þorfinnsson or Snorri Karlsefnisson;[1][2] most likely born between 1004 and 1013, and died c. 1090) was the son of explorers Thorfinn Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. He is considered to be the first child of European descent to be born in the Americas, apart from Greenland. He became an important figure in the Christianisation of Iceland.[3]

  1. ^ SNORRI KARLSEFINSSON used in Magnusson & Pálsson 1965, List of Proper Names, p.111
  2. ^ Thrapp, Dan (1991), Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: P-Z, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0-8032-9420-4
  3. ^ Vésteinsson, Orri (2000), The Christianisation of Iceland: priests, power, and social change, 1000–1300, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-820799-9