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(Húsdrápa) ed. and trans. Richard North
An edition and translation of the skaldic poemHúsdrápa ('Eulogy on the House') by the poetÚlfr Uggason (early 990s). The edition…
An edition and translation of the skaldic poem Þórsdrápa ('Eulogy on Þórr') by the court poet Eilífr…
Spanish Asterix Comic Book
200 piece giant jigsaw puzzle of Vikings and a Viking ship
200 piece giant jigsaw puzzle of Vikings and a Viking ship
This blot was held at the ancient pagan burial mounds of Uppsala and was organised by Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige.…
Not every item we receive is wholly serious. This runic banana is an excellent example of modern reuse and engagement with the past. It was left…
A medieval storehouse from Telemark.
A Norwegian farmhouse from the second half of the thirteenth century.
A medieval lyre from c.1300. It has the same form as the lyre featured on the Hylestad church portal.
Replica of the carvings of the portal to Hylestad stave church. The carvings show scenes from the Sigurd legend.
A primstav is a calendar stick that uses pictures to indicate the major non-moving religious holidays. The pictures on this one are rune-like. The…
Gol Stave Church was moved to the Folkemuseum in the late 19th century. Only about one third of the surviving church was used (those parts that were…
This tin for Freia chocolates is the most explicit reference to the Viking Age that we have found in their marketing. It depicts scenes and characters…
Freia, the company named for the Norse goddess, produced baking powder as well as chocolate.
Viking milk is a brand of condensed milk. It uses a Viking longship as its logo. The photographs show tins from several different eras of this brand.…
This relief is in the wall of Oslo cathedral. It depicts a man beset by beasts or devils, and was originally in St Hallvard's Cathedral.…
A yacht called 'Sigyn'. In Norse mythology, Sigyn was Loki's wife, who cared for him even when he was chained in a cave with the entrails of his…
A wooden fridge magnet featuring Viking ships and a Viking. Seen in the ticket booth at Oslo Harbour.
Keyrings decorated with the Gjermundbu helmet spotted at the ticket booth in Oslo harbour.
