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Blog: God of Wednesday
Nancie Marie Brown's blog about Viking Age and modern Iceland.
Blog: Going Berserk
A blog post on The History Channel programme 'Unconventional Warfare' and its approach to presenting the Viking berserk.
Blog: Hereward ‘the Wake’ and King Swein Part I
The two parts of a blog post about Svend Estridsen and Hereward the Wake in post-conquest England.
Blog: Het Vikinglanghuis
A Dutch blog about the Vikings.
Blog: Horns-of-Odin: origins of the design
A description of the inspiration behind bod's Horns-of-Odin plaque. The plaque features three horns in a valknut-style design.
Blog: Hymn for St Olaf
A blog post about the hymn for St Olav written in 1896 by Norwegian poet and playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
Blog: Late Viking Age Burials in Bryndum, Denmark
Excavations at Bryndum have revealed the presence of a previously unknown, late Viking Age burial place near the church.
Blog: Mythology behind the Comic-con trailer Vikings
Tamara's discussion of the mythology behind a recent trailer for 'Vikings' at Comic-Con,
Blog: Norse and Viking Blogspot
A blog discussing Viking-related themes from Viqueen
Blog: Painting History - Viking Raids
A blog post about paintings of Viking raids.
Blog: Renorseful - Undead Scandinavian languages in modern culture
Dr Maja Bäckvall's blog on Norse imagery and language in modern culture. The blog features many uses of runes in video games, among other topics.
Blog: Seven days in the Viking Age - a summary of The Viking Way
This blog post describes an event put on by Trondheim Vikinglag and has many good photos.
Blog: Sigvaldi's Saga
The blog for Sigvaldi's Saga by Mel Sewell. This is a Viking saga written in the style of Japanese haiku.
Blog: St Olaf - our other saint
A blog post about St Olaf and discussion of which church may have given Kirkwall its name.
Blog: St Olaf in England
Eleanor Parker writes about the English perspective on St Olaf in the medieval period.
Blog: Stones Ingrained
A blog about early medieval art, and especially sculpture.
Blog: The Battle of Maldon
Eleanor Parker discusses the Old English poem 'The Battle of Maldon'. The poem describes a battle that is also recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and which the Vikings won. Olaf Tryggvason may have been present at this battle, as some traditions…
Blog: The Day of St Olaf
A blog post about an immigrant's first experience of St Olaf's Day in Norway
Blog: The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary
The Medieval Nordic Legal Dictionary is a 3-year project aimed at producing a Nordic-English lexicon of the legal terminology found in medieval Scandinavian texts.
Blog: The Quest - Vikings
Author Patricia Bracewell describes her day out to visit the location where History Channel's 'Vikings' is filmed.