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Erland
Erland is a Nordic countries, Nordic given name with several possible origins. It is typically believed to come from the Old Norse or , meaning ''foreigner''. Other possible origins are and the Proto-Norse words * (''here'') and * (''noble'', ''important''). The name is earliest attested in a Norway, Norwegian runestone as arlantr. Notable people with the name include: *Erland Almqvist (1912–1999), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics *Leif Erland Andersson (1944–1979), Swedish astronomer *Erland Asdahl (1921–1988), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *Erland Carlsson (1822–1893), Swedish-American Lutheran Minister *Gawain Erland Cooper, Orcadian and Scottish folk guitarist and singer *Erland Dryselius (Benedikt, Brodderi) Dryselius (1641–1708), Swedish priest, historian and translator *Erland Erlandson (c. 1790 – 1875), Dano-Canadian explorer and fur trader *Bengt Erland Fogelberg (also Benedict Fogelberg), (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor *Erl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Lindén
Erland is a Nordic given name with several possible origins. It is typically believed to come from the Old Norse or , meaning ''foreigner''. Other possible origins are and the Proto-Norse words * (''here'') and * (''noble'', ''important''). The name is earliest attested in a Norwegian runestone as arlantr. Notable people with the name include: *Erland Almqvist (1912–1999), Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics *Leif Erland Andersson (1944–1979), Swedish astronomer * Erland Asdahl (1921–1988), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *Erland Carlsson (1822–1893), Swedish-American Lutheran Minister * Gawain Erland Cooper, Orcadian and Scottish folk guitarist and singer * Erland Dryselius (Benedikt, Brodderi) Dryselius (1641–1708), Swedish priest, historian and translator * Erland Erlandson (c. 1790 – 1875), Dano-Canadian explorer and fur trader *Bengt Erland Fogelberg (also Benedict Fogelberg), (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor * Erland Harold Hedrick o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erland Erlandson
Erland Erlandson (– 1875) was a Danish carpenter and sailor who, after becoming a British prisoner of war during the Napoleonic Wars, joined the Hudson's Bay Company in British North America. Despite his poor English, his intelligence and hard work saw him promoted from carpenter to clerk to factor. Along with Nicol Finlayson, he crossed northern Quebec to establish the HBC's Ungava District, an ordeal fictionalized in R. M. Ballantyne's 1857 adventure novel ''Ungava''. In 1834, misled by his Indigenous guides, he became the first known European to cross the Labrador Peninsula. He also established several outposts in the interior, including the successful Fort Nascopie, but, effectively barred from further promotion owing to his low and foreign birth, he eventually retired to a homestead in Canada West (present-day Ontario). Having never married, his large estateusually credited by Canadian historians to two bank theftswas mostly left to the Toronto General Hospital. Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
