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Street sign: Baglergaten
This street in Tønsberg is named for the Baglere who were opponents of King Sverre Hakonsson in the civil wars in late twelfth- and early thirteenth-century Norway.
Street Name: Urdsvei
Urdsvei (Urd's Way) is named for Urd, one of the three norns who determine the fates of people. Her name means 'fate'.
Street Name: Trymsvei
Trymsvei (Thrym's Way) is named for the giant Thrym, who stole Thor's hammer. Thor had to dress up as Freyja to recover it.
Street Name: Tors vei
Tors vei (Thor's Way), named for the god of thunder and smiter of giants.
Street Name: Sleipners vei
Sleipners vei (Sleipnir's Way) is named for Odin's eight-legged horse who is able to slide between worlds.
Street name: Óðinstorg
Óðinstorg (Odin's square) named for the god Odin.
Street name: Óðinsgata
Óðinsgata (Odin's Street) in Reykjavik
Street Name: Odins vei
Odins vei (Odin's Way) is named for Odin, king of the gods.
Street Name: Lokesvei
Lokesvei (Loki's Way) is named for the trickster god Loki who causes much of the trouble in Asgard and then has to fix it.
Street Name: Kong Sverres gate
Kong Sverres gate (King Sverre's street) is named for King Sverre who was part of the Birkebeinere faction in the Norwegian civila wars of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries.
Street Name: Håkon Gamles gate
This street is named for Håkon Gamle (Hakon the Old or Håkon IV Håkonsson) who ruled Norway from 1217-1263 and expanded the castle on Slottsfjell. He was also responsible for having a number of European romances translated into Old Norse.
Street Name: Frøyasvei
Frøyasvei (Freyja's Way) is named for the Vanir goddess Freyja who owned the Brisingamen necklace.
Street Name: Brages vei
Brages vei (Bragi's Way) is named for the Norse god of poetry.
Street Name: Balders vei
Balders vei (Balder's Way) is named for Balder who was killed with a dart made from mistletoe.
St Sunniva Street in Lerwick, Scotland
This street sign in Lerwick refers to the tenth-century Norwegian Saint Sunniva (ON Sunnifa), who is associated with Selja on the West Coast of Norway, and according to legend fled from Ireland and was persecuted by the pagan Jarl Hákon…
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…
St Magnus Street in Lerwick, Shetland
This sign refers to the early twelfth century Earl of Orkney, Magnus Erlendsson, who was martyred in 1115 according to Orkneyinga saga. Many streets in central Lerwick are named after Scandinavian Kings, Queens and Saints, particularly from the…
Photo of Twageos Road Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Twageos is a place name incorporating the common Norse place name element 'gjá', meaning 'ravine' and rendered in Shetland as 'geo' or 'gjo'. Twageos may refer to the 'two ravines'.
Photo of Tait's Closs Sign in Lerwick, Shetland
Tait is a common Scottish surname derived from the Old Norse 'teitr', meaning cheerful. Many surnames and place names in Shetland have a Norse origin.
Photo of St Olaf's Wynd Street Sign in Orkney
Photo of the street sign 'Olaf's Wynd' in Kirkwall, Orkney. Wynd is a placename element from the Norse verb venda, meaning 'to turn' or 'to wind'. St Olaf refers to the Norwegian king Ólafr Haraldsson, who reigned from 1015 to 1028 and was…