Erik Af Klint (1732–1812)
Erik af Klint may refer to: * Erik af Klint (1732–1812), Swedish navy officer * Eric af Klint (1813–1877), Swedish army officer * Erik af Klint (1816–1866), Swedish navy officer * Erik af Klint (1901–1981) Vice Admiral Erik Viktor Philip Gustafsson af Klint (12 March 1901 – 26 December 1981) was a Swedish Navy naval officer. Af Klint's senior commands included postings as chief of staff of the Coastal Fleet, head of Section 2 of the Defence Staf ...

Eric Af Klint (1813–1877)
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''* aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''- ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic ''* ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''* ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root * h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". ''Eric'' used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of ''Eriksgata'', and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly ele ...
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