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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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Famous statue by sculptor H.P. Pedersen-Dans in Kronborg Castle depicting the legendary figure Holger Danske (Ogier the Dane) first mentioned in the eleventh-century Chanson de Roland, and who later becomes a major antagonist (and later supporter) of…

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These souvenir steins include typical images associated with the Vikings: horned helmets, weapons, viking ships, and beards! Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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A statuette influenced by the famous statue in Kronborg Castle depicting the legendary figure Holger Danske (Ogier the Dane) first mentioned in the eleventh-century Chanson de Roland, and who later becomes a major antagonist (and later supporter) of…

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A souvenir snow-globe with a viking warrior with horned helmet within a globe supported by a horned helmet. Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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A small viking ship featuring a dragon prow with images of a horned helmet and viking warrior on the sail. Toy seen in Copenhagen airport.

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Small stylised Viking with sword, shield and horned helmet, with the inscription 'Orkney'. Photographed by Julie Cassidy in the Orkney Museum.

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Furniture shop in Lerwick, Shetland incorporating a small Viking figure with horned helmet in the logo. Their advert reads 'Delivering furniture is much easier these days'.

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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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Pottery beer stein, featuring a group of Viking warriors with the inscription 'Icelandic Vikings'. Seen in a souvenir shop in Iceland.

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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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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 and Icelandic Tourist shop depicting three small vikings with horned helmets.

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Souvenir magnetic Viking warrior for children, seen in Shetland Museum and Archives. The outfit is relatively accurate, with no horned helmet in sight!

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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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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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Pottery drinking horn souvenir featuring a bearded Viking with a horned helmet and the label 'Iceland'.

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Fridge magnets with a dragon-prowed Viking ship, brightly coloured shields and warriors with horned helmets. Found in a souvenir shop in Iceland.
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