Who is the Leif Erikson International Foundation?
We are a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization. Our parent group, the Leif Erikson Society, was formed to give a replica of Seattles statue of Leif Erikson to Trondheim, Norway, in 1997 to commemorate the citys 1,000-year anniversary. After that, many of the same individuals came together to create the Leif Erikson International Foundation (LEIF). In 2000, LEIF helped fund a replica of the same statue for the farmstead of Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson, in Brattahlid, Greenland, to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Leif Eriksons voyage to America. Members of our group participated in the unveiling and our president, Kristine Leander, gave an address to the invited guests, which included the Danish Queen Margrethe and her retinue, the President of Icelandic, and the Prime Minister of Greenland, plus other dignitaries. In 2000, LEIF also hosted an international conference on Vikings. LEIF currently publishes and distributes NW Nordics, a monthly calendar of Scandinavian events
