Paramount chieftain

The ancient Norse rulers of Greenland were called paramount chieftains.

Not to be confused with Paramount chief.

Among the island nation's chieftains were:

  • Erik the Red, or Eirikr Thorvaldsson, the nation's first chieftain and its first settler, began rule in 985.
  • Leif Ericson, likely the first European to set foot in North America
  • Thorkell Leifsson succeeded his father, Leif, sometime after 1018.
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