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Sports Pub in Yuba City, CA which uses a Viking cartoon figure with horned helmet in its branding. For more information, see http://www.thehappyviking.com/

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Orkney Smoked Cheddar from the Island Smokery in Stromness, Orkney. It includes the tagline ''The Way the Vikings Like It' and a cartoon image of a Viking, with an axe and horned helmet.

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This window in St Magnus Cathedral depicts Harald Hardrada (Haraldr Sigurðarson), King of Norway from 1046 until his death in the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. Orkney was under Norwegian rule during his reign.

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A souvenir from Copenhagen drawing on the misconception of horned helmets as a recognisable symbol of Denmark

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An activity from DLTK's Crafts for Kids, which features many downloadable activities for children. To download the template, click here

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Meat chips produced by Russian (Moscow-based) company Дымов, which feature a red-haired Viking with horned helmet, a runic inscription and interlace artwork as a background.

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Photo of Northlink Ferries in Lerwick, Shetland. Their logo features a pointing Viking with flowing hair and a horned helmet. Northlink operates between Scotland and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland.

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

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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 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 worrier.

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

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Viking ship and horned helmet used to decorate the mirrors in Olde England Fisheries.
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