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The 20Kr coin features the stem of the Oseberg ship on it

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The peace bench is a carved tree with various places to sit. Included in the design are rune-like symbols and an interlaced snake pattern reminiscent of Viking Age and earlier interlaced animal designs. Carving the bench was a community project in…

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A medieval style dress in a shop in Tønsberg. It has a belt clasp with a stylised Oseberg ship on it.

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Wooden combs with designed based on the various bone plaques that have been found.

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Carved wooden spoons and bowls from Taberna Vagantis at Tønsberg Viking Festival.

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Oseberg kulturhus uses a stylised depiction of the stem of the Oseberg ship. It is based at the Quality Hotel Tønsberg.

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A tent opened up to become a shop at Tønsberg Viking Festival. It sells a variety of reproduction goods, including pendants, wooden plaques, beads and much more.

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Wooden rule with the younger futhark burnt into it, updated to include additional modern letters. Made by Sofie Louise Jensen.

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A basket of rune sticks using the younger futhark creatively to add modern letters not represented in the younger futhark. The runes have been burnt into the wood rather than carved. These were created by Sofie Louise Jensen (Runeristeren).

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 6.docx
Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?

Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry?

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 4.docx
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga) incorporate poetry in their sagas?

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 4.docx
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga)?
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