Inscription on Leif Ericson Statue, Reykjavík, Iceland

This is the inscription on the statue of Leif Ericson that is located in front of the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík, Iceland. The statue was given to Iceland in 1930 by the United States of America to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Iceland's parliament, called Alþingi, one of the oldest in the world. Leif, likely born in Iceland, was an 11th century explorer who may have been the first European to reach North America. The full inscription reads: "Leifr Eiríksson, son of Iceland, discoverer of Vinland, The United States of America to the People of Iceland on the one thousandth anniversary of the Althing, AD 1930."

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This is the inscription on the statue of Leif Ericson that is located in front of the Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík, Iceland. The statue was given to Iceland in 1930 by the United States of America to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Iceland's parliament, called Alþingi, one of the oldest in the world. Leif, likely born in Iceland, was an 11th century explorer who may have been the first European to reach North America. The full inscription reads: "Leifr Eiríksson, son of Iceland, discoverer of Vinland, The United States of America to the People of Iceland on the one thousandth anniversary of the Althing, AD 1930."