<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - U-Erlandson wazalwa cishe ngo-1790 eCopenhagen, eDenmark. Yena nobaba wakhe babesebenza njengababazi ezindaweni zokwakha imikhumbi eCopenhagen, okwathi naphezu kokuthi iDenmark yayingathathi hlangothi, yahlaselwa yiBrithani ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili yaseCopenhagen ngo-1807, lapho kwaqala khona iMpi Yezikhali  <response>: nezimpi zaseNgilandi naseRussia. NgoDisemba 1813, phakathi neMpi YeSithupha, u-Erlandson wabanjwa yiRoyal Navy eneminyaka engu-23 ngenkathi esebenza njengomkhumbi eKattegat. Wayegcinwe emkhunjini oyisiboshwa eChatham, eKent. Izimpi phakathi kweBrithani neDenmark zaphela ngonyaka olandelayo, futhi iHudsons Bay Company yaqasha u-Erlandson nabanye abantu baseScandinavia ukuba basebenze enyakatho nasentshonalanga yeCanada. 