Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir | |
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| Born | c. 980 – 1019 |
| Died | c. 1050 |
| Known for | Early exploration of Vinland |
| Spouses | Thorir the Norwegian Thorstein Eirikson Thorfinn Karlsefni |
| Children | Snorri Thorfinnsson Thorbjorn Thorfinnsson |
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (born possibly around 980–1019) was an Icelandic explorer, born at Laugarbrekka in Snæfellsnes, Iceland.
She appears in the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, known collectively as the Vinland sagas. She and her husband Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition to Vinland where their son Snorri Thorfinnsson was born, the first known European birth in the Americas (outside of Greenland).
In Iceland, Gudrid is known by her byname víðförla (lit. wide-fared or far-travelled).