Thorfinn Karlsefni is a bronze statue by Einar Jónsson

Einar Jónsson

Einar Jónsson was an Icelandic sculptor, born in Galtafell, a farm in southern Iceland.-Biography:...

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It is located in Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park

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, on Kelly Drive, at the North end of Boat House Row, Philadelphia.
It was commissioned by J. Bunford Samuel. It was dedicated on November 20, 1920.

The inscription reads:
(Sculpture, lower proper left:)

Einar Jonsson

sculptor

1915-18

(On back of Karlsefni's shield: Icelandic verse)

From the island of the North, of ice and snow,

Of blossoming valleys and blue mountains,

Of the midnight sun and the dreamy mists,

The home of the goddess of northern lights.

(Base, front:)

Thorfinn Karlsefni

Icelander

1003-1006

(Base, front plaque:)

Following Leif Ericson's Discovery of

North America in 1003, Thorfinn Karlsefni

with 165 men and 35 women established a

settlement which lasted for 3 years and

his son Snorri was born in North America

Leif Ericson Society of Pennsylvania

Scandinavian Craft Club of Philadelphia

October 9, 1974