what year did leif ericson across the atlantic
and. Bobby. Leif was born Leif was born in Norwegian,Iceland. He was born in Iceland but his parents were Norwegian.Leif was born in about 960 A.D. Leif Ericson had a sister who was killed by a group of Indians in Vinland. Where Leif Ericson sailed Leif Ericson sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Greenland to visit Norway in about 999A.D. It was probably in 1003 that Leif Ericson sailed west from Greenland to seek the strange land about which he had heard. The first European to set foot on North America Leif Ericson was one of the first Europeans to set foot on North America.