Submarines Named Munin and Hugin
Submarines
Two autonomous submarines produced by Kongsberg Maritime are named Hugin ('thought') and Munin ('mind') after Odin's ravens, which brought him information.
Kongsberg Maritime
https://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/48D837005CB784DFC1257C970041051F?OpenDocument
2016
Chris Cook
(c) Kongsberg Maritime
https://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/48D837005CB784DFC1257C970041051F?OpenDocument
website
English
Hyperlink
https://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/48D837005CB784DFC1257C970041051F?OpenDocument
Modern
Norway
Tug Boat named Svitzer Mjölnir
Ship names
Tug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Mjölnir after Thor's famous hammer. Another tug is named 'Trym' after the giant who stole Thor's hammer. The comic account of the recovery of the hammer is told in the eddic poem 'Þrymskviða'
The World-Tree Project
July 2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
jpg
Danish
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/938
Denmark
Modern
Tug Boat named Svitzer Trym
Ship names
Tug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Trym after the Norse giant Þrymr, who stole Thor's hammer. The comic account of the recovery of the hammer is told in the eddic poem 'Þrymskviða'
The World-Tree Project
July 2016
Tom Birkett
Public Domain
jpg
Danish
Still Image
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/936
Denmark
Modern
Neighbourhood of the Gods, Reykjavík
Place names
Many of the streets in this central area of Reykjavík are named after the Norse Gods. The first street to be named was Óðinsgata in the early twentieth century.
Google Maps
Google Maps
Google Maps
2106
Admin
Public Domain
https://www.google.ie/maps
jpg
Modern Icelandic
Still Image
Iceland
Modern
Vikingfjord Vodka Bottle
Branding
Vodka product making reference to the Vikings. The website at http://vikingfjord.com/ describes the brand as 'Made by people who conquered the cold.'
Vikingfjord Vodka / Arcus
The World-Tree Project
2016
Admin
Public Domain
http://vikingfjord.com/
jpg
Norwegian
English
Still Image
Norway
Modern
Boat named 'Troll' from Elburg in the Netherlands
Naming
Boat names in Scandinavia often make references to the Norse past, and particularly to the seafaring culture of the Vikings. It is less common to come across boats with Viking names elsewhere - this one is registered in Elburg in the Netherlands and was photographed in Harbour in Lerwick, Shetland
World-Tree Project
2016
Tom Birkett
Image Public Domain
jpg
jpg
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/615
Netherlands
Modern