Photo of Gol Stave Church - front view. Eleventh-century stave church, originally located in Gol; dismantled and moved to the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Oslo. Exterior is largely nineteenth-century reconstruction, but interior preserves original.
This comic illustrates a popular theory about Viking berserkers—warriors who entered a trance-like fury in battle, historically speculated to be induced by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
One of the burial mounds at Borre, Vestfold (Norway). Borre was a royal centre in the Viking Age, and there are 7 large and 21 burial mounds at the site.
Meme about Vikings "doing" haircuts on monks. Text says "Hold still, I'm almost done with your haircut". This may be a reference to the raids Vikings did across Europe and at times on monasteries. Image appears to be AI generated
Northern Wrath by Thilde Kold Holdt, which is part one of The Hanged God Trilogy. A book in the sub genre of norse fantasy set in the historical past but where giants, dwarves and gods exist.
The History of the Danes, Books I–IX by the 12th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus. This is a translation by Peter Fisher features an edition and commentary by the specialist in Scandinavian mythology, Hilda Ellis Davidson. The first nine books, contained in this edition, cover the country's legendary "pre-history" and Norse mythology before the official arrival of Christianity.
Oseberg Wagon, an ornately carved wooden wagon from the early 9th century found in the famous Oseberg ship burial in Norway. Unearthed in 1904 from a burial mound near Tønsberg, Norway.
Carved wooden animal head post; one of the artifacts recovered from the 9th-century Oseberg ship burial in Norway. Discovered in the Oseberg mound near Tønsberg, Norway, dating back to around 834 CE.
Klekkenstone, an 11th-century travel-runestone fragment on display at the Historisk museum in Oslo, Norway. Written in runic script, the surviving fragments of the inscription translate to:"...-in's son Skúli's son." / "... (carved) these (run)es when he travelled to ..."
The Tune stone is an ancient monument from 200–450 CE that features one of the oldest Norwegian runic inscriptions written in the Elder Futhark. On display at Vikingr Oslo. Predates the Viking time period.
Modern runestone raised in 1893, and erected in memory of Gustav Vasa, who on this spot close to Rättvik church first urged the local lords to fight against the Danes in 1520. Roman text reads (in translation) THE KING AND PEOPLE OF SWEDEN ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL IN 1893.
Skálmöld is an Icelandic Viking / folk metal band from Reykjavík. "Ýdalir" is their sixth studio album (2023). The cover art features a Viking warrior with long bow, sword and skis walking away from a burning village in a fjord. Songs in this album are named after mythologically significant items or beings.
"The Viking Heart" by Arthur Herman melds historical narrative with archaeological and DNA research. The ends result is a book tracing the influence of Norse people on the West, all the way to the American Dream. The cover features a frontal view of a Viking ship sailing. The prow has a dragon head, the sail is striped in red and white.
Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Lee M. Hollander. The cover features a king on horseback pointing his sword upwards, the motif is enclosed withhin a circular wreath.
Dynna stone- an 11th-century Viking Age runestone on display in the Museum of Cultural History (Historisk Museum) in Oslo. More information here: https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/exhibitions/vikingr/index.html
Viking Age swords featuring decorated hilts dating to the 8th century and discovered on the Steinvik farm in Norway. Currently on display the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, Norway
Roskilde Cathedral is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on the grounds that its architecture shows traces of 800 years of architectural styles, and that it was one of the earliest examples of a Gothic cathedral to be built in brick in a Scandinavian country. The cathedral also stands on the site of the Holy Trinity Church, a small stave church which Harald Bluetooth had commissioned around the year 960, marking its unbroken legacy as a site of worship from Viking times to the present day.
Nidaros Cathedral - Built over the burial site of the 11th century Viking ruler, King Olaf II Haraldsson, also known as Saint Olaf (reigned 1015 to 1028).
Monument to Leif Erikson in Trondheim, Norway by artist August Werner: a copy of the original 1962 Seattle World's Fair monument given to Trondheim by the Leif Ericson Society of Seattle, and unveiled in 1997.
Viking Comics at the Swedish Book Fair. Pictured are some volumes from the Danish "Valhalla" series by Peter Madsen & Henning Kure, and the first volume of the Swedish "Vei" by Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Karl Johnsson.
Norwegian Viking inspired Comics at the Swedish Book Fair: three volumes of Ragnarok by Odin Helgheim. The volumes depicted are "Yggdrasil", "Loke" (Loki), "Fenrisulven" (Fenrir).
Viking inspired Comic book at the Swedish Book Fair. Cover of "91:an Harald Gyllenhårs Saga" (Saga of Harald Golden hair) by Patrik Norrman. The cover depicts three Vikings, including the titular Harald, a hoard and a rune stone. The inscription uses a runic-inspired font to spell "Harald Gyllenhårs Saga - sista delen" (Saga of Harald Golden hair - last chapter).
Part of the inside of a Viking ship at the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. This is a reconstruction of a war ship (possibly a leidang ship) from ~1040 which was found in Roskilde in 1962. The replica was made out of oak, pine and ash in 1991.
Wax figure of Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson as featured in the Saga Museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. Hrafna-Flóki (raven Flóki) got his appellative when he sent out three ravens to help him find his way to Iceland. His story is recorded in Landnámabók.
Knus nazismen (Crush Nazism) statue, often mistaken for Thor's hammer, outside Oslo Sentralstasjonen (Norway). By artist Bjørn Melbye Gulliksen, it celebrates the WWII resistance movement and specifically the Osvald Group (Osvaldgruppen).
A museum exhibit display titled "Na Lochlannaich / Norse" detailing the history of Viking raids and Norse history on Isles of Scotland from the Museum of the Isles, Armadale Castle, Skye UK.
Helgafell, rising 73 meters on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, is a sacred Icelandic mountain steeped in Norse mythology, Christian heritage, and local folklore. It is prominently featured in the Eyrbyggja Saga.
Statue of Leif Erikson in Reykjavik, outside Hallgrimskirkja. Made by American artist Alexander Stirling Calder in 1930, on commission from the US Government as a gift to Iceland to celebrate 1000 years of the Icelandic parliament.
The Wolf Cross, Foss, Iceland - housed at the National Museum of Iceland. This unique tenth-century artefact may depict a cross or a Thor's hammer, or arise from a period in which the lines between the two faiths were blurred.
Þingvellir- Þingvellir (Thingvellir) a historically significant as the founding site of the Alþingi (Althing), one of the world's oldest national parliamentary institutions.
The display showcases archaeological finds from a Viking warrior's grave excavated at Repton. Finds shown on photo are an iron sword, iron folding knife, iron key, iron knife, bronze buckle, glass beads, silver Thor's hammer, gold finger ring and an iron axe.
