Velkommen til LEIF
Welcome to LEIF
Send In Your Names for the Last Stone
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!
Need more information?
Here are answers to frequently asked
questions.
Putting Leif on the Map
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.
1,767 Names Now at Shilshole
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.
Ship the Hard Way
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.
Who We Are
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.
CONTACT:
Leif Erikson International Foundation
206-778-1081 •
2245 NW 57th, Seattle, WA 98107
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