Erik Eskilsson, as well as Thorsson, belonged to the more wealthy of the Sami in Norrbotten and thereby felt secure to maintain their religion due to the taxes they could afford to give to the crown.
It has over the years have disappeared from southern Sweden and is now only locally in the Norrland coast (Västerbotten and Norrbotten) as well as Canada and Alaska.
Nowadays Norrbotten is considered a separate province, even though provinces had ceased to have any administrative or legal significance hundreds of years before 1810.
Bengt Erik Benedictus Pohjanen, born 26 June 1944 in Kassa in Pajala, Norrbotten, Sweden, is a Swedish author, translator and priest living in Haparanda.
It is still in active service, and is currently garrisoned in Boden, Norrbotten as part of Norrbottens regemente.
The island is located at the border between the provinces of Västerbotten and Norrbotten but belongs to Skellefteå Municipality.