Original: Erik Thorvaldsson (; 950 â "c. 1003 a. d), known as Erik the Red, is remembered in medieval Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland.
Simplified: Erik the Red (950 â "c. 1003) (Old Norse: EirÃ kr rauÃ i;;;;;) founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland.