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MS SigynMS Sigyn was a Swedish ship that transported spent nuclear waste from Swedish nuclear power plants. She was named for Loki's wife, who held a bowl…
Holger Danske FlytteforretningHolger Danske is ubiquitous in Denmark, even in the name of a removals company.
Holger Danske Pipe TobaccoHolger Danske is a blended pipe tobacco which refers to the figure of Holger Danske (the legendary Danish hero) and includes a Viking ship logo.
Hoen VikinglagHoen Vikinglag is a living history group that researches and mediates Viking Age culture and crafts.
Craft: How to Make a Viking LongboatInstructions for how to make a Viking longship from cardboard.
The Vikings ("Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode)Viking history to the tune of Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode. We used clips from documentaries to make this one. The song is very Viking-ish anyway.
Board Gaming With Historians: VikingsIn the first episode of our new video series, we play 'Vikings', a tile-placement strategy game designed by Michael Kiesling in 2007, in which Dr.…
BirkaportalenBirkaportalen gathers together a range of resources about Viking Age Birka and Hovgården.
Katt i bärnstenThis amber cat was found at Birka in Sweden. It is about 3cm long and looks like a sitting cat.
The Stora Hammars I image stoneOne of four early Viking-Age picture stones from Stora Hammars in Gotland, featuring scenes of battle, and imagery interpreted as having a mythical or…
Hjemkomst - A DreamThe story tells about the construction and sailing of a replica longship by Robert Asp of Moorhead, Minnesota. The replica was based on the Gokstad…
Information Board outside St Magnus Church, OrkneyInformation board outside the Norse St Magnus Church on Egilsay, Orkney.
Norse settlement, Sandwick, UnstA Norse settlement at Unst is recorded in Canmore. The website includes photographs of the site and some detail about it. Finds from the site include…
Canmore - Scottish Heritage DatabaseCanmore is a database of heritage sites in Scotland that is compiled and maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. This link is a search for all…
Highland Park Whisky: SveinOne of the Viking-themed single-malt whiskies produced by Highland Park Distillery in Orkney. Sveinn Ásleifarson was a twelfth-century Viking whose…
The Völsunga Saga [Audio]"The Saga of the Volsungs" is one of the truly great Icelandic sagas. Composed sometime in the twelfth or thirteenth century by an unknown author, it…
Sigurd and Fafnir (1906) by Hermann HendrichPainting of Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir by German painter Hermann Hendrich, part of his series based on scenes from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.…
Information Board outside the reconstructed farmhouse (Herjólfsbær) at Herjólfsdalur, HeimaeyThe valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant…
Interior of the Reconstructed Farmhouse (Herjólfsbær) at Herjólfsdalur, HeimaeyThe valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant…
Reconstructed Farmhouse (Herjólfsbær) at Herjólfsdalur, HeimaeyThe valley of Herjólfsdalur was excavated in the 1970s, with the oldest remains dated to the ninth century: a century older than the first inhabitant…