Ad for the "Valkyrie Challenge", a training programme targeted to women by company Whimsy Forge. The Valkyrie Challenge is one of several training programmes offered by Whimsy Forge, who specialise in "fantasy-infused fitness", with challenges and training paths inspired by popular fantasy books, as well as world mythologies.
The logo of the Vikingology Podcast which features the microphone icon in a blue circle surrounded by the Futhark sequence. The podcast is run by historians Terri Barnes and C.J. Adrien.
A basket of different types of candies from the Swedish company "Viking Sweets" accompanied by slogans such as "When you need to be a Viking for a while" and "A hammer a day keeps Fenrir away". The bags of candy pictured are in the flavours raspberry, salty licorice, and "Idun's magic apples".
The Draken Harald Hårfagre seen in the distance in Byfjorden (Rogaland, Norway). This modern, ocean-crossing longship is not a faithful reproduction of a Viking longship, but it is heavily inspired by living Norwegian boat-building traditions hailing back to the Viking Age. In 2016 the Draken Harald Hårfagre sailed from Haugesund (Norway) to the USA, and in 2026 it featured as Odysseus' ship in Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey".
Performance from the Midgardsblot festival in 2026. It is an annual metal and neofolk music festival held in August at the historic Borre burial mounds outside the Midgard Viking Center in Norway.
Norges Drops Nasjonal Blanding boiled sweets handcrafted by the Danish confectioner Almuegaarden, featuring traditional Norwegian-themed patterns and some Viking, such as ships, inside each candy piece.
The Oseberg Tapestries Fragment 4 is an early 9th-century Viking Age textile fragment discovered in the famous Oseberg ship burial near Tønsberg, Norway, showcasing stylized figures and horses processed in a ritualistic or mythological scene. The original is poorly preserved. This is a reconstruction drawn by Stig Saxegaard, Storm Studios, in 2018.
Brown sign on the right wall reads "Vikingskipshuset", which translates to The Viking Ship Museum. Museum is currently closed but is anticipated to reopen in 2027 under the name of the Viking Age Museum.
The late Anglo-Saxon cross shaft at St James Church, Nunburnholme includes some Norse-influenced imagery, including a depiction of Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir, and a warrior with Viking sword.
Photograph of runestone from Helland, Sola sogn, Rogaland (Norway) with the sigla N 244.
From Runor:
Runic Text
× skarþi : risti : stin : þana : iftir :: biafa : sun : sin : harþa : kuþan : man :
Old West Norse
Skarði reisti stein þenna eptir Bjalfa, son sinn, harða góðan mann.
English
Skarði raised this stone in memory of Bjalfi, his son, a very good man.
Runestone N 29 from Nørstebø, on display at the entrance to Oslo University Library, Blindern Campus.
Details from Runor:
Runic Text
× þair : finr : auk : skofti : rais(t)u : s(t)in : þena : þa : es : (þ)air : s(k)iþtu : lantom : sinum : saʀn(e)r : uala ×
Old West Norse Text
Þeir Finnr ok Skopti reistu stein þenna, þá er þeir skiptu lǫndum sínum, synir Vála.
English
Finnr and Skopti, Váli's sons, they raised this stone when they divided their land(ed property).
