莱夫·埃里克森日总统致辞

简报和声明
莱夫·埃里克森日总统致辞
白宫
2026 年 10 月 9 日
在美国传奇英雄克里斯托弗·哥伦布踏上新大陆的半个千年前，挪威探险家莱夫·埃里克森创造了历史，成为第一个到达北美大陆的欧洲人。在这个莱夫·埃里克森日，我们庆祝他勇敢、大胆和探索的非凡遗产，我们与北欧合作伙伴建立了非凡的关系，并开启了美国北极故事的辉煌新篇章。
出生于 970 年的莱夫·埃里克森 (Leif Erikson) 从小就热爱探索和冒险，并将这种热爱贯穿一生，这一使命将改变未来几个世纪的世界。坚定的基督教信仰让他坚定了航行进入未知世界的信念，与 35 名船员一起航行 1,800 多英里，横渡大西洋，克服狂风、巨浪和严重的风暴，到达加拿大纽芬兰北部的兰斯奥梅多斯 (L’Anse aux Meadows) 海岸——他将这片土地命名为“文兰”。通过这样做，他打开了两个世界之间的大门，并证明没有任何海洋可以阻挡探索的进程——同样的大胆精神有一天会建立地球上最伟大的国家。
一千年后，这一决心依然存在于美国与丹麦、芬兰、冰岛、挪威和瑞典的杰出关系中——这些国家因冒险、坚韧和对全能上帝的信仰而与我们紧密相连。如今，这种联系在格陵兰岛最为牢固，埃里克森曾在那里领导了自己的解决方案，而我的政府现在已经确保了格陵兰岛作为美国安全和跨大西洋防御堡垒的未来。
上个月，我与丹麦和格陵兰岛达成了一项历史性协议，赋予美国对格陵兰岛安全的永久控制权，保证我们有能力永远保护美国和我们的盟友。在缔结这项协议时，我做了过去 100 年来没有一位总统愿意做的事情——我永久承认格陵兰岛是重要的国家安全伙伴，并使北极再次成为美国实力的支柱。在未来的几个世纪里，美国人将更加安全，我们的北极边境将更加强大，我们与北欧人民的联系将比以往任何时候都更加紧密。
当我们反思莱夫·埃里克森的不朽遗产时，我们认识到他在我们光荣的美国故事中应有的地位，我们向数百万北欧美国人致敬，他们的贡献塑造了我们国家的生活，我们承诺将他的奇妙发现的精神大胆地带入美国探索、友谊和伟大的下一个篇章。

Briefings & Statements
Presidential Message on Leif Erikson Day
The White House
October 9, 2026
Half a millennium before legendary American hero Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World, Norse explorer Leif Erikson made history as the first European to arrive on the North American continent. This Leif Erikson Day, we celebrate his exceptional legacy of bravery, daring, and exploration as we build upon our extraordinary relationships with our Nordic partners and open a glorious new chapter in America’s Arctic story.
Born in 970, Leif Erikson developed a love for exploration and adventure that he would carry through his entire life, a calling that would change the world for centuries to come. His steadfast Christian faith gave him the conviction to sail into the unknown, voyaging over 1,800 miles across the Atlantic with a small crew of 35 men and overcoming raging winds, crashing waves, and crippling storms to reach the shores of L’Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland, Canada—the land he named “ Vinland .” In doing so, he opened the door between two worlds and proved that no ocean could hold back the course of discovery—the same daring spirit that would one day build the greatest Nation on Earth.
A millennium later, that resolve lives on in America’s outstanding relationships with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—nations bound to us by adventure, fortitude, and faith in Almighty God. Nowhere is that bond stronger today than in Greenland, where Lief Erikson once led a settlement of his own and where my Administration has now secured Greenland’s future as a bastion for U.S. security and transatlantic defense.
Last month, I entered into a historic agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives the United States permanent control over security in Greenland, guaranteeing our ability to safeguard America and our allies for all time. In concluding this agreement, I did what no President in the last 100 years was willing to do—I permanently recognized Greenland as an essential national security partner and made the Arctic a pillar of American strength once again. For centuries to come, Americans will be safer, our Arctic frontier will be stronger, and our bond with the Nordic peoples will be closer than ever before.
As we reflect on the enduring legacy of Leif Erikson, we recognize his rightful place in our glorious American story, we honor the millions of Nordic Americans whose contributions have shaped the life of our Nation, and we commit to carrying the spirit of his marvelous discovery boldly into America’s next chapter of exploration, friendship, and greatness.