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Replica Viking ship 'Nidhug', photographed at the 'Kongens Togt' festival
A 2/3 sized replica touring ship based on the Norwegian Gokstad ship (c. 900), and produced by Viking Tours. The boat can be sailed but also has a motor, and can be hired out for tours.
Viking Life-Saving Equipment company van
Viking Life-Saving Equipment company van. ”Viking Service Esbjerg. Når hvert liv tæller" ["When every life counts"]. Company founded 1960 as Nordisk Gummibådfabrik (Nordic Rubber Dinghy Factory), later renamed Viking Life-Saving Equipment.…
Do you recognise this object, on sale in Ribe?
This object may be a replica of a Viking Age artefact, but we're not sure what its intended use is. Please get in touch if you know!
Viking Ship Souvenir Magnets, Denmark
Stylised viking ship magnets, on sale in a gift shop in Ribe
Runic pencil souvenir
Souvenir pencil with runes, seen in the gift shop of the Ribe VikingCenter
King Cnut and the Conquest of England
This website is a 'virtual exhibition', created as a collaboration between staff and students at UCL, Birkbeck College, and the University of Oxford. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the 1000th anniversary of Cnut's accession to the English…
Troll Branded Brown Coal Briquette, from 1930s or 40s Germany
In the 1930s German brown coal (or lignite) was often stamped with the syndicate name Troll, a supernatural being in Norse mythology. The association may be with the underground extraction of the coal, or be intended to demonstrate the power of the…
Reconstructed Viking dress on display in Trelleborg Museum
Mannequins displaying typical Viking Age dress for men and women at the Trelleborg Viking Fortress Museum.
Toy Viking swords and axes in Ribe
Wooden toy axes and swords in a gift shop in Ribe. The Viking history of the town is important for the tourist industry.
Assorted Horned Helmets for sale in Ribe
Souvenir "Viking" horned helmets, with outlandish designs for sale in a gift shop in Ribe, Denmark.
Oli Stewart Demonstrating Rowing Technique on-board Havhingsten
Oli Stewart, a member of the Sea Stallion crew, demonstrates good rowing technique on board the largest reconstructed Viking Ship - Havhingsten. Thirty of the crew row at any one time, achieving over 4.5 knots in good conditions.
Saga Shipping logo
Saga Shipping uses a Viking longship as its logo. This example was seen in Kalundborg.
Snoremark Æblemjød
Snoremark uses an image of Gefjun ploughing the land that became Sjælland (Zealand) as its logo. Gefjun was one of the Æsir and was offered as much land as she could plough in a day. She ploughed the land so hard that it broke off and became the…
Rune mjød
Rune mead from Vinperlen, advertised with the same Viking as appears on their mead vinegar. The Viking has plaited hair and beard and horns on his helmet.
Mjød eddike
Mead vinegar from Vinperlen advertised with the aid of a Viking with plaits and a horned helmet
Kongens Togt 2016 - Vordingborg
The Viking festival at Vordingborg was one stop on the route of the Sea Stallion as it sailed round Denmark in 2016.
Thor Brewery (Thor Bryggerierne ) in Denmark
Brewery in Denmark named Thor from 1873. This image was photographed on a beer crate.
'Vinkler på vikingetiden' ('Angles on the Viking Age') Publication from the National Museum of Denmark
This fantastic publication covers everything from politics and belief in Viking Age Denmark, to experimental archaeology and the journey of the Sea Stallion. It also includes two chapters on the use of Viking branding in the past and in Denmark today…
Viking House Reconstruction, Denmark
A photograph of a reconstructed Viking house in Denmark. The photograph was taking in 1988 by Terry Barry
Remains of the Roskilde 6 Ship on display in the Viking Exhibition in the Nationamuseet
Roskilde 6 was discovered in 1997 during work to extend the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. The 37 meter Viking warship is the largest yet discovered, and had apparently been wrecked on the shore near Roskilde. Only 20% of the timbers survived, but…