Erikson (other)
Erikson is a popular surname, and also refers to: * Leif Erikson Day * Erikson Institute Erikson Institute is a graduate school in child development in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It is named for the noted psychoanalyst and developmental psychologist, Erik Erikson. History and mission The Institute was founded in 1966 by four chil ...

Erikson (surname)
Erikson is a common Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Erik", itself an Old Norse given name. There are other spelling variations of this surname, as it is common amongst Danes, Swedes, Finns, and Norwegians. Erikson is uncommon as a given name. People with the surname include: * Duke Erikson (born 1953), American musician with the band Garbage * Erik Erikson (1902–1994), Jewish German (but a Danish citizen) developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst * Jon Erikson (born 1955), American long distance swimmer * Kai T. Erikson (born 1931), American sociologist * Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020), Norse explorer, son of Erik the Red, and first european to reach the Americas * Neil Erikson (born 1985), Australian extreme neo-Nazi activist * Sheldon Erikson, American, Chairman of the Board, President, CEO of Cameron * Steven Erikson (born 1959), pseudonym of ''Steve Rune Lundin'', Canadian novelist * Thorvald Erikson or Thorvald Eiriksson (died 1004), Greenlandic No ...
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Leif Erikson Day
Leif Erikson Day is an annual observance that occurs on October 9. It honors Leif Erikson (Old Norse: ''Leifr Eiríksson'', is, Leifur Eiríksson, no, Leiv Eiriksson, Swedish: ''Leif Eriksson''), the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans thought to have set foot in continental North America (other than Greenland). History The 1874 book ''America Not Discovered by Columbus'' by Norwegian-American Rasmus B. Anderson helped popularize the idea that Vikings were the first Europeans in the New World, an idea that was verified in 1960. During his appearance at the Norse-American Centennial at the Minnesota State Fair in 1925, President Calvin Coolidge gave recognition to Leif Erikson as the discoverer of America due to research by Norwegian-American scholars such as Knut Gjerset and Ludvig Hektoen. In 1929, Wisconsin became the first U.S. state to officially adopt Leif Erikson Day as a state holiday, thanks in large part to efforts by Rasmus Anderson. In 1931, Minnesota di ...
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