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Ship named 'Viking Astrild' in Dresden
A ship from the Viking River Cruises line seen in dock in Dresden. Photographed by Angelika Schoerner.
Yddir Vikinglag
Yddir Vikinglag is a living history group focused on Viking Age handicrafts and techniques.
Ullr Vikinglag
Ullr Vikinglag is a Viking reenactment and living history group with an emphasis on blunt-weapon training.
Fenring Vikinglag
Fenring Vikinglag is a reenactment and living history group
Odinsøy Vikinglag
Odinsøy Vikinglag is a Viking reenactment and living history group
Viking Biking
Viking Biking is a company in Oslo that rents bicycles and offers bicycle tours. It uses the image of a horned-helmeted cheerful Viking on a bicycle as its logo.
News: Mayo's Viking Silver on display in Turlough
A hoard of Viking silver found in Kilmeena in 1939 is now on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Country Life, Turlough. The Cushalogurt Hoard is displayed alongside the Coolcronaun Sword.
The Stone ships (Skeppssättning)(Nordic bronze age - Viking age)
The Stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Northern Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial is surrounded by tightly or loosely fit slabs or stones in the outline…
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)
Anundshög Official Website
The official home page for Anundshög, Sweden’s largest prehistoric burial mound, and Viking Age ship setting.
Valhalla Vikinglag
Valhalla Vikinglag is a reenactment group based in Oslo.
Svartland Viking Age Living History
Svartland Living History Society originate from the Black Country area of the West Midlands, from which they take their name.
They re-create the lifestyles of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon peoples of the 9th - 11th Century.
They re-create the lifestyles of the Viking and Anglo-Saxon peoples of the 9th - 11th Century.
Boðvin Vikinglag
Boðvin Vikinglag is a Viking reenactment group in Bodø, Norway.
Tønsberg Vikingfestival
Tønsberg Vikingfestival is a Viking festival aimed at raising awareness of Tønsberg's Viking heritage.
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag, Lier
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag er laget for hele familien. Her kan barn, unge og voksne finne aktiviteter de liker og konkurere på likefot i bueskyting. Laget formidler vikingenes historie og levesett gjennom håndverkstrasisjoner og historisk…
Re-Painted Runestone (Öl Fv1911;274B) in the Swedish History Museum
Ölands runinskrifter Fv1911;274B, originally from Resmo Church in Öland, and now on display in the Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet). Viking Age. According to Rundata the inscription reads: ...ina ' eftiʀ ' sueinu ' boanta ' sin '…
The Kylver Stone (G 88)
Photos of the Kylver stone (G 88), one of the few older futhark rune stone inscriptions, dating from c. 400 AD. It consists of a complete older futhark rune row followed by a tree-like rune (probably a repeating Tiwaz rune) and a palindrome 'SUEUS'.…
Brooch inscribed with runes (G98) on display in the Swedish History Museum
Brooch from Etelhem in Gotland (now in Historiska museet) inscribed with older futhark runes and dating to the period 400-500AD. According to Rundata one reading is as follows: mk mrla wrt(a)a Ek, erilaz, worta. I, the eril, wrought.
Runestone (DR 359) in the Swedish History Museum
Rune stone DR 359, with an inscription in runes from the older futhark. Originally from Istaby, Blekinge, and now housed in the Historiska museet.It has been dated to the period 520-570, and is one of the few runestones from this early period.…
Nazi Propaganda Poster, on display in the Swedish History Museum
The Nazis used the image of the Viking and an appeal to 'Nordic' identity in order to claim common ground with, and recruit from, the occupied countries of Denmark and Norway. Items like this now serve as a sage reminder that Viking 'branding' has…