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The Nazis used the image of the Viking and an appeal to 'Nordic' identity in order to claim common ground with, and recruit from, the occupied…

Many 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…

The Nerthus Project aims at compiling a lexicon of Old English based on structural-functional principles. This involves the synthesis of the knowledge…

A website about Vikings with the author's views on a range of topics related to them.

Eiker was a centre of power in the Drammen region during the Late Iron Age, as is shown by these new finds. Surveys using georadar show that there are…

Gudvangen Utvikling plans to build a Viking town as a tourist attraction in Gudvangen. It will be called Njardaheimr and will be a place to learn…

Science and experience center called Sagastad is being built at Nordfjordeid, Norway, and will feature a full-size reconstruction of the Myklebust…

Meldingsblad om runeforskning som kan lastes ned fra lenken.

From the Inrap website:

Des récits palpitants qui racontent deux siècles et demi de conquêtes et d’histoire du monde sur trois continents. Écrit…

New research has identified a possible Viking thing (parliament) site on Bute in the Hebrides. It is suggested that Ketill flatnose may have been…

An article on the BBC News website about the chance discovery of a Viking Age sword in Iceland.

This is a news article from the CBC website about the activities of an extreme anti-refugee group dubbed the 'soldiers of Odin'. Their logo is a…

A late-10th century shield made of fir was found in Denmark some 60 miles west of Copenhagen, near what the article calls Viking-Age 'castles'.

Four boat burials and several other burials from the period immediately before the Viking Age were found after a chance metal detector find in…

An article about the resurgence of Norse paganism in Iceland.

Three amateur archaeologists have found the largest hoard of gold from the Viking Age in Denmark. It comprised seven gold arm-rings and weight c.…

Arsene Wenger was given a replica Viking sword as a gift before a match with Viking FK.

Archaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.

A well-equipped grave at Randers in Denmark included a brooch that was probably of Irish or Scottish origin.

A discussion of the legendary Norse city of Norumbega, as postulated by Prof. Eben Norton Horsford. Horsford was an early food chemist who became an…

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