Eric northman alexander skarsgard was born in sweden during the anglo saxon period 900ad he was turned 930ad making him over 1 000 years old eric is the vampire sheriff of louisiana area 5 which encompasses bon temps he owns the vampire bar fangtasia in shreveport eric is 65 tall has blond hair and blue eyes this is an officially licensed productmug design reads i love eric northman true bloodour ceramic mugs are all white barring the printed design and are a standard mug size