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Submarines Named Munin and Hugin
Two autonomous submarines produced by Kongsberg Maritime are named Hugin ('thought') and Munin ('mind') after Odin's ravens, which brought him information.
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Online dictionary of Old Norse
Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Online dictionary of Old Norse
Viking Age Dyes - A Brief Overview
A discussion of the dyestuffs available to the Vikings and the colours they could have made with them.
Kulturen: kulturhistoriska föreningen för Södra Sverige
Kulturen manages a number of museums and open-air museums in southern Sweden. The main museum is Kulturen i Lund which is also near Universitetsmuseet
Bredøkser med messingbeslag
The Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo has six axes with bronze fittings on their shafts in its collections. The axes all date from the last part of the Viking Age, and there are photographs of them in the museum's online collections.
Video - kopiering av Langeidøksa
A video that shows the process of making a reconstruction of the Langeid axe. A shorter videos shows the same but in English.
Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo
The website of the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo which includes a Viking section
Utgravning av Gokstadskipet 1880 / Excavation of the Gokstad Ship in 1880
A historical photo of the partly-excavated Gokstad ship in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway in the 1880s. From the Universitetsmuseens fotoportal
Anundshög, Västerås (Slide-Show)
Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
Digitala Sveriges Runinskrifter
Digital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Viking Ship Artwork, Dock Road, Limerick
Metal artwork depicting a Viking ship on the side of 1 Steamboat Quay, Dock Road, Limerick, a mixed use apartment and commercial block.
La Ferme des Vikings
A bed-and-breakfast, and working farm that produces, jam and honey. The actual Viking connection is unclear.
La Drakkar Camembert
La Drakkar Camembert from La Laiterie de Gratot in Manche, Normandy. The branding draws on the Norse heritage of Normandy and includes a stylised Viking drakkar (or warship). It is one of several Normandy cheeses to draw on Viking heritage.
Blog post: Vikings galore!
A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
Lancaster City Museum
Lancaster City Museum holds a collection of various Viking Age finds including combs and spearheads, as well as other objects found at Heysham.
Pink Ireland Supporter's Hat
A 'Viking' style Irish horned hat from Landsdowne Kid's Hats, seen in Dublin airport. One of the few examples of appropriation of Viking and Norse culture at a national level.
Dublin Castle Walls
The walls of Dublin Castle were built on the original defensive banks of the Viking settlement. In the undercroft of the powder tower the foundations of these defensive banks and revetments can be seen.
Viking Schnaps
Viking Schnaps is an alcoholic drink available in various flavours that are named for the Norse gods. Its tagline is 'Pure natural drink for real Vikings)
Viking Snack: harðfiskur / stockfish
Harðfiskur (English 'stockfish') is a delicious snack of naturally dried fish that is commonly eaten with butter on it. This brand is marketed as 'Viking'.
Nyheter: Kan ha funnet Olav den helliges kirke
Archaeologists digging in Trondheim have found human remains and the remains of a church that may date to the early 11th century. The site, behind the library in Trondheim, was thought to be the location of a church, but now proof has been found, and…