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Street Name: FrøyasveiFrøyasvei (Freyja's Way) is named for the Vanir goddess Freyja who owned the Brisingamen necklace.
Street Name: LokesveiLokesvei (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: Sleipners veiSleipners vei (Sleipnir's Way) is named for Odin's eight-legged horse who is able to slide between worlds.
Street Name: UrdsveiUrdsvei (Urd's Way) is named for Urd, one of the three norns who determine the fates of people. Her name means 'fate'.
Street Name: Odins veiOdins vei (Odin's Way) is named for Odin, king of the gods.
Street Name: Balders veiBalders vei (Balder's Way) is named for Balder who was killed with a dart made from mistletoe.
Street Name: Brages veiBrages vei (Bragi's Way) is named for the Norse god of poetry.
Street Name: TrymsveiTrymsvei (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 veiTors vei (Thor's Way), named for the god of thunder and smiter of giants.
Street Name: Kong Sverres gateKong 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…
Street Name: Håkon Gamles gateThis 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…
Street sign: BaglergatenThis street in Tønsberg is named for the Baglere who were opponents of King Sverre Hakonsson in the civil wars in late twelfth- and early…
Iduns gate, OsloIdun was the goddess who tended the golden apples that kept the gods young.
St Olavs gate, OsloSt 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…
Street name: ÓðinstorgÓðinstorg (Odin's square) named for the god Odin.
Street name: ÓðinsgataÓðinsgata (Odin's Street) in Reykjavik
Neighbourhood of the Gods, ReykjavíkMany of the streets in this central area of Reykjavík are named after the Norse Gods. The first street to be named was Óðinsgata in the early…
St Sunniva Street in Lerwick, ScotlandThis street sign in Lerwick refers to the tenth-century Norwegian Saint Sunniva (ON Sunnifa), who is associated with Selja on the West Coast of…
King Harald Street in Lerwick, ShetlandThis street sign probably refers to Haraldr Hárfagri (Harald Fairhair), ruler of Norway from c. 872 to 930, who recaptured Shetland and Orkney from…
King Haakon Street in Lerwick, ShetlandThis street sign probably refers to Hákon Hákonarson, King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Many streets in central Lerwick are named after Scandinavian…