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The Viking Answer Lady
The Viking Answer Lady is a popular website that began life as a series of articles for the newsletter of the Barony of Bjornsborg, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It includes articles on many aspects of the Vikings.
Blog: Viking Specialist at Large
A blog by Dr Dayanna Knight, Viking archaeologist and anthropologist, and artist.
Blog: God of Wednesday
Nancie Marie Brown's blog about Viking Age and modern Iceland.
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta)
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Hirta and Soay)
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a…
St Kilda Archipelago, Scotland (Boreray)
St Kilda is an isolated archipelago west of the Hebridies. The etymology of St Kilda is debated, but it does not refer to a saint - the most likely origin is from Old Norse: either a corruption of Skildir ('shield') or from the Norse name for a…
Höfðingi Cheese with Viking Branding
Cheese from Iceland and produced by Dala, which is named Höfðingi ('chieftain'), and features both a Viking and runes of the older futhark.
Viking Light Beer
Viking Light Beer is brewed by Viking Ölgerd brewery in Akureyri, and is one of many Icelandic beers to use Viking branding, in this case a ship.
Blog: Going Berserk
A blog post on The History Channel programme 'Unconventional Warfare' and its approach to presenting the Viking berserk.
Filt (Cigarette Filter Papers) with Runic Lettering
Cigarette papers ('Filt') using runes in their branding. Icelandic company. If you have any more information about this item, please let us know!
Words on Words: The Meaning of Ragnarok
A blog post about what Ragnarok means by Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham.
Words on Words: The Viking Berserker
A blog post about the meaning of Old Norse 'berserkr'.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History
A search for articles relating to Vikings on the Society for Medieval Military History. Keyword: Viking
Uppsala online: Berserkergang
An essay about berserksgangr from the perspective of a modern Asatru follower and priest of Odin.
Bollard in Ísafjörður with a depiction of a Viking helmet
Child's depiction of a Viking helmet with a reference to Dýrafjörður in the Ísafjarðarbær municipality. Located in central Ísafjörður, Iceland.
Wilde Vikingen: Het kaartspel
Illustrations to a game of cards as fierce as Vikings for 2 - 5 daring players ages 6 - 99. Haba - Haabermaaß game nr. 4290.
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purpose
A wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et al., from Eötvös University and Estrato Research and Development Ltd, both in Budapest, Hungary,…
Icelandic T-Shirt, 'Viking Worrier'
T-Shirt from a tourist shop in Iceland with a depiction of a Viking worrier.
Icelandic T-Shirt, Egils Beer
T-Shirt advertising Egils Brewery, depicting a Viking drinking from a horn with the caption 'Choice of Vikings'. Viking imagery is used widely in the Icelandic brewing industry.