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Nyheder: Derfor er det cool at være viking
A news article on what interests people about engaging in Viking-Age living history.
Medieval Animal Data-Network
The international Medieval Animal Data-Network (MAD) was founded in 2005 at the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (Budapest) as an attempt to bring together multi-stranded intellectual thought concerning human-animal…
Vinir Vikinglag
Vinir Vikinglag is a living history group that engages with and mediates Viking Age culture and crafts.
Hoen Vikinglag
Hoen Vikinglag is a living history group that researches and mediates Viking Age culture and crafts.
Drafn Vikinglag
Drafn Vikinglag is a living history group that promotes Viking sports and handicrafts. The group organises Drafn Viking Market, and is engaged with education about the Viking Age.
Gjallarstadir Vikinglag og Ravneklanen
A living history group that is interested in recreating and mediating all aspects of Viking Age culture and daily life.
Image of a Viking in sand on Alderney
An image of a viking in sand, complete with helmet (without horns!)
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…
Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 147 Finance Battalion
The insignia of the 147th Finance Battalion of the US Army features a horned viking helmet, referencing their linear connection to the 47th infantry division. Minnesota is an area of the US with high levels of historic immigration from Scandinavia.…
Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 2nd Infantry Battalion
The insignia of this US Army infantry battalion, featuring a Viking ship and two knives. According to the official website "The Viking ship symbolizes the activation in Iceland as part of the 2nd Battalion Combat Team."
Craft: How to Make a Viking Longboat
Instructions for how to make a Viking longship from cardboard.
Science brings to life the witnesses to the Viking-Age in North Wales
An article from the National Museum of Wales about facial reconstruction of skeletons from Llanbedrgoch in North Wales. The skeletons date to the second half of the tenth century and appear to have been the victims of violence.
News: Viking traders spread comfy-to-ride horses around the world, DNA suggests
A news story that discusses how the genetic mutation that permits a horse to 'pace' first arose in early medieval England and was spread to Iceland and other places by the Vikings.
Insignia of the US 86th Engineer Battalion
The distinctive unit insignia of the 86th US Engineer Battalion, featuring a Viking ship under sail. According to the official website, "the Viking ship is symbolic of the bridge-building activities of the organization, such ships having first been…
Game: Iron Tides - Alpha Download
Iron Tides is a Viking-based game combining survival, tactics and resource management. Players command a band of Vikings sailing through stormy seas in search of battle, loot and glory. The loot is then used to upgrade the players' home town, so that…
Bronze ear scoop from Birka in the Swedish History Museum
A bronze ear scoop (c. 800-1099) from Birka discovered in excavations on the island of Birka (Björkö) in the late nineteenth century. For higher resolution and more images, see the historiska.se website here
Replica of the Jelling II Stone
This replica of the Jelling II stone is sold on the Viking Shield website here, either painted or unpainted.
Katt i bärnsten
This amber cat was found at Birka in Sweden. It is about 3cm long and looks like a sitting cat.
Aker i Viken Viking Reenactment Group
Aker i Viken is a small living history group based in Oslo that focuses on Viking-Age handicrafts.
Performance of the Battle of Maldon by Leofwin
A Viking Army under Olaf Trygvasson had been raiding the eastern and southern coast of England in the summer of 991AD unmolested until Byrhtnoth, with the men of Essex, cornered it on Northey Island, near Maldon in August. The two armies faced each…