Leif Ericsson Statue Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavik Iceland
by Deborah Smolinske
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Leif Ericsson Statue Hallgrimskirkja Reykjavik Iceland
Artist
Deborah Smolinske
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography Print
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The statue of Leifur Eiríksson (who is known in English as Leif Eriksson) was a gift from the United States to Iceland to commemorate the 1000 year anniversary of Alþingi, the parliament of Iceland. Alþingi was first convened at Þingvellir in the year 930 AD.

THE MANY FACES OF LEIFUR When Calder created his statue of Leifur he was a strapping and clean shaven young man. In a 1908 book he was portrayed as a graying granpa with a long beard. The truth is probably somewhere in between those two extremes. Photo/Wikimedia under creative commons license
The statue was designed by American sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, who won a 1929 competition for the design of the monument. It is also one of Calder´s three best known works, the other being “George Washington as President” on the Washington Square Arch in New York City, and the Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia.
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