Viking explorer Leif Eriksson cancelled

Vikings are known for their seafaring skills, maybe most of all Leif Eriksson, who discovered America 500 years before Christopher Columbus!

Hailed as a hero by many but not everyone shares the enthusiasm.

Famous painting “Leiv Eiriksson discovering America” from 1893 by Christian Krogh, usually adorns the walls of the Norwegian National Museum.

Last week though, the painting was removed and placed in the basement by orders of the Museum Director Stina Högkvist, as she stated that the painting was romanticizing Norwegians who travelled to America and deemed the painting to be “colonial”.

After a massive media backlash Stina Högkvist publicly apologized her statement, and the painting of one famous viking is once again – back on the wall.