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Wooden Fridge Magnet with Viking Ship Design
A wooden fridge magnet featuring Viking ships and a Viking. Seen in the ticket booth at Oslo Harbour.
Vølund Smed
A statue of Vølund / Wayland / Völundr the smith. It was made in 1873 by Stephan Sinding. Völundr is the protagonist of Völundarkviða in the Poetic Edda.
Vikingskip fra norsk arbeidsgiverforening
A silver model Viking ship on display at Oslo City Hall.
Viking-themed Souvenirs in a Shop in Oslo
A selection of Viking-themed souvenirs in a shop window in Oslo. They include Viking longship tea-light holder, Viking trolls, a horned helmet, drinking horns and a pewter Viking ship.
Viking Swords in Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo
A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.
Viking ship floor motif - Oslo City Hall
This motif featuring Viking ships was photographed in Oslo City Hall in 2006. Thank you to Love Archaeology and Royst for information about the location of this item.
Viking Biking
Viking Biking is a company in Oslo that rents bicycles and offers bicycle tours. It uses the image of a horned-helmeted cheerful Viking on a bicycle as its logo.
Viking Age shield from Gokstad
A preserved wooden shield with boss from the Gokstad burial.
Viking Age beads
Viking age glass beads displayed among cremated bones
Valhalla Vikinglag
Valhalla Vikinglag is a reenactment group based in Oslo.
Tour Bus in Oslo
A tour bus in Oslo with a Viking with horned helmet on the side.
The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
The Viking ship museum in Oslo houses the Gokstad, Oseberg and Tune ships together with the grave goods from Oseberg.
The Oseberg Ship
The Oseberg ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. It was found in a grave mound at Oseberg in Norway with the remains of two women, and with a large amount of grave goods.
The Källunge weather vane
The Källunge weather vane from Källunge, Gotland, Sweden was once on the church there. It is decorated in a transitional Mammen/Ringerike style.
The Gjermundbu Helmet
The Gjermundbu helmet is the only Viking Age helmet that has been found in Norway. It was found in a burial mound near Haugsbygda in Ringerike in 1943 along with remains of mail armour, 2 spears, 2 axes, 4 shield bosses, spurs stirrups, and several…
The "Devil of Oslo"
This relief is in the wall of Oslo cathedral. It depicts a man beset by beasts or devils, and was originally in St Hallvard's Cathedral. Iconographically, it is similar to the figure beset by beasts motif that is a feature of some earlier runestones…
Ten Viking Myths Busted - Get Ready To Be Surprised
10 things you did not know about Vikings. A comprehensive video about these mythical warrior people who are more popular than ever. Do you think they were bloodthirsty, hairy murderers who just could rob, rape and set fire to the towns they came to?…
St Olavs gate, Oslo
St Olavs gate (St Olav's Road) in Oslo is named for Olav Haraldsson who died at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. He is largely credited with converting Norway to Christianity, although somewhat brutally. This process was ostensibly begun by Olav…
Runestone in the Kulturhistorisk museum
A Viking-Age runestone in the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo.
Replica of Church Portal from Hylestad Stave Church
Replica of the carvings of the portal to Hylestad stave church. The carvings show scenes from the Sigurd legend.