'Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson' (''English:'' Thorvald Asvaldsson) was the father of the discoverer of
Greenland, Eiríkr Rauði (
Erik the Red) and grandfather of
Leifr Eiríksson, who visited
North America centuries before
Christopher Columbus. (See ''
Discovery of America''.) His father was Ásvald Úlfsson, son of Úlf Øxna-Þórir, brother of
Naddod, discoverer of
Iceland.
Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson was born in
Norway. He was
exiled from Norway during the reign of King
Harald Fairhair because he had committed murder. He died in Iceland.
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