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One of the Viking-themed single-malt whiskies produced by Highland Park Distillery in Orkney. Sveinn Ásleifarson was a twelfth-century Viking whose raids are mentioned in Orkneyinga Saga. The Highland Park Distillery describes him as "the ultimate…

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Use of Clontarf's Norse history and the Viking brand (including horned helmet) in this restaurant - the Vikings Steakhouse

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A legend about how Kitterland Island in the Calf Sound got its name, due to the drowning of the Norwegian Baron Kitter.

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Stores in Reykjavík and Akureyri selling quality goods made in Iceland. The branding uses typical Viking imagery of a horned helmet and beard.

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A colourful figurine (including horned helmet) outside a shop in Heimaey in the Westman Islands

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Website for Avaldsnes: Noregs eldste kongesete (Norway's Oldest Royal Seat), which includes information about the Avaldsnes History Centre, Viking Farm, and background information about the Vikings, illustrated with images of re-enactors.

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The Dan Dryer Viking - horns and all - is a familiar sight in Danish public toilets and changing rooms. #everydayvikings watching over us in the loo. Viking logo on hand dryers of www.dandryer.dk. Founded in 1980s (I believe).

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One Viking And His Runestones. First person to greet you when you step out of the railway station (‘Banegården’) in beautiful Vejle, Denmark.

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Cheese from Iceland and produced by Dala, which is named Höfðingi ('chieftain'), and features both a Viking and runes of the older futhark.

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Viking Light Beer is brewed by Viking Ölgerd brewery in Akureyri, and is one of many Icelandic beers to use Viking branding, in this case a ship.

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A search for articles relating to Vikings on the Society for Medieval Military History. Keyword: Viking

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T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a Viking worrier.

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T-Shirt advertising Egils Brewery, depicting a Viking drinking from a horn with the caption 'Choice of Vikings'. Viking imagery is used widely in the Icelandic brewing industry.

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T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a viking in relief. Unusually for the tourist industry, this Viking has no horns on their helmet.

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T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a stylised dragon head from the prow of a Viking ship. If you know the original or reconstruction which is the basis of this design, please let us know.

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T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland featuring a Viking drinking from a horned beer-helmet. This playful t-shirt combines two of the most common perceptions of the Vikings - that they wore horned helmets and that they were heavy drinkers.

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T-Shirt from an Icelanic Tourist shop depicting a Viking ship.

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T-Shirt from and Icelandic Tourist shop depicting three small vikings with horned helmets.

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Ship detail from the lower panel of the Lärbro Tängelgårda I Image Stone (SHM 4373 I), one of three related stones from Lärbro Parish in Sweden. This panel shows a ship with nine individuals with helmets, and what may be a row of…
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