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English: Thorfinn Karlsefni   (  )
Author	Einar Jónsson  (1874–1954)     Alternative names Einar Jonsson Description Icelandic sculptor Date of birth/death 11 May 1874  18 October 1954  Location of birth/death Southern Region Reykjavík Authority file : Q975818 VIAF: 24579667 ISNI: 0000000081027651 ULAN: 500194080 LCCN: n82276430 Open Library: OL1243797A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q975818 Smallbones
Title	English: Thorfinn Karlsefni
Description	English: Thorfinn Karlsefni, an Icelandic explorer who circa 1010 AD led an attempt to settle Vínland with three ships and 160 settlers. Thorfinn's wife gave birth to a boy in Vínland, the first child of European descent known to have been born in the New World. In 1918, Einar Jónsson, an Icelandic sculptor, created a statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Fairmount Park, along Kelly Drive, near the Boathouses. There is another casting of the statue in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Date	1915-1918. Dedicated 1920.
Source/Photographer	Own work
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Object location	39° 58′ 12.68″ N, 75° 11′ 24.14″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	39.970190; -75.190040