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The company website for Íslensk hollusta refers to the fact that Icelanders used Black Salt until the 15th Century, produced from burning seaweed. It is marketed as Viking Salt to tourists.

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Postcard of the burning of the galley at Lerwick's Up Helly Aa. On the reverse there are runes which appear to read 'Viking Prints', though the alphabet used is the older futhark.

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Replica of the Leifr Eiríksson (Leif Erikson) statue outside the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík. Leifr led the expedition to Vinland in North America.

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Pottery drinking horn souvenir featuring a bearded Viking with a horned helmet and the label 'Iceland'.

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Fridge magnets with a dragon-prowed Viking ship, brightly coloured shields and warriors with horned helmets. Found in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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Fridge magnets featuring a Viking warrior with sword, beard and horned helmet, and a shield with the label 'Iceland'. Seen in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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Glass flagon featuring a cartoon Viking warrior with horned helmet and drinking from a horn. The labels read 'skal' (cheers) and 'Iceland'. Found in a souvenir shop, Iceland.

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Pottery beer stein, featuring a group of Viking warriors with the inscription 'Icelandic Vikings'. Seen in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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Icelandic souvenir metal Viking ship ornament, photographed in a tourist shop near Gullfoss.

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Small Viking ship with prow ornament, produced by Sólarfilma ehf. Photographed in an Icelandic souvenir shop

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Small ornament of a Viking ship prow with dragon head and Iceland inscription

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One of several runic necklaces in the 'Runestones - Ancient Stones of Prophecy' series from Sólarfilma, which assumes that the runes were regularly used in divination.

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Souvenir Handmade Icelandic Magic Runes: Viking Runic Script. Various necklaces and jewelry featuring runes, Thor's hammers and replica animal bones. Found in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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Playful Viking warrior figurines with swords, shields and horned helmets. Seen in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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Round armored figurines with axe and sword, seen in an Icelandic souvenir shop.

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Small figurine with a horned helmet and beard, seen in a tourist shop in Iceland.

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Small wooden figurine of a woman with staff, shield and breastplate, seen in a tourist shop in Iceland.

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The Great Valkyrie Keyring by Ninna Thorarinsdottir, designed for Icelandic Craft and Design www.icd.is.

Ninna Thorarinsdottir is an Icelandic designer based in Sweden, who produces designs for Icelandic souvenirs, several of which can be seen on…

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Bookmarks, one featuring short-twig runes carved by a small figure, and the other the prow of a Viking ship. Photographed in a souvenir shop in Iceland. Produced by http://www.solarfilma.is/.

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Souvenir runic cup with elaborate serpentine design. Photographed in a souvenir shop in Iceland.
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