Erik JARL (EARL)

                   SOURCES:
    1. Norse Family Saga (FHL 929.2481 K831a)
    2. Vore Forfedre, by Mogens Bugge (FHL 929.2481 B865b)
    3. The Vikings, by Else Toesdahl, states the following: "In Knut's (the Great) first years as king of England there was much to be done. The country was divided into four earldoms based on the old kingdoms. Knut kept Wessex, Thorkel the Tall got East Anglia, Earl Erik, from the mighty Norwegian family of the earls of Tronde- lag, got Northumbria..."
    4. A History of the Vikings, by Gwyn Jones

NOTES:
    Erik Jarl was an ally of Olav Trygvesen. In "A History of the Vikings" he is referred to as "the exiled son of jarl Hakon of Norway."