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| Leif Erikson Monument - by Sigvald Asbjornsen |
Leif Erikson Monument - by Sigvald Asbjornsen
Installed: 1901 / In 1950, the statue was moved 250 feet
from its original location to face the Humboldt Boulevard
9 ft high / bronze on granite
Location: Humboldt Park
The Leif Erikson statue was commissioned by Chicagoans of Norwegian descent.
The staue was sculpted by Norweigian artist Sigvald Asbjornsen.
From the book, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Scul;ptures",
by Ira J. Bach and Mary Lackritz Gray..
Chicago's Norwegians donated this monument in 1901,
as a celebration of the discovery of "Vinland", in about 1,000 AD.
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| Leif Ericson Monument |
Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky ( 970s – 1018 to 1025), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted as being coastal North America.
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| Leif Ericson Monument |
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| Leif Ericson Monument |
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