We're accepting names for one last stone at Shilshole. There is room for up to 400. We'll continue accepting names until there are enough to fill the plaque. Send in your application now!

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Vinland 2013 is a new blog attempting to map out Erik the Red's and Leif Erikson's voyages in Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island, as recorded in the Sagas.

In July 2010 we unveiled 900-plus new names of Scandinavian immigrants, inscribed on plaques mounted on 13 rune stones at the base of Seattle's Leif Erikson memorial statue at Shilshole Bay Marina. There are now a total of 1,767 names listed at the memorial.

A team in Tønsberg, Norway, is building a
replica of the ancient Oseberg Viking ship
discovered there in 1904—using only manual power and exact copies of Viking tools. It sounds like a boat Leif Erikson could be proud of.

LEIF is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the study, education, and promotion of Leif Erikson as the first recorded European to come to America, and of Scandinavian culture and connections between Scandinavians and Americans.