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Excavations at Bryndum have revealed the presence of a previously unknown, late Viking Age burial place near the church.

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A doll with wild beard and horned helmet - the two most instantly recognisable signifiers of the vikings in the tourist industry. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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A souvenir mug from Copenhagen airport featuring a boy with Viking attire and horned helmet. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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Fridge magnet featuring a horned helmet, troll and shield with Danish Flag. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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Souvenir viking ship with Danish flag sail, on display in Copenhagen airport. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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A souvenir mug from Copenhagen airport featuring a girl with stylised Viking attire, axe and horned helmet. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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Souvenir from Copenhagen featuring a viking ship with small figures wearing horned helmets. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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Souvenir from Copenhagen featuring a map of Denmark with a small Viking ship. Produced by Memories of Denmark.

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Bracelet from Memento Mori gothic jewellery & viking age art boutique, Copenhagen, Denmark. Black leather band with Odin’s ravens Hugin and Munin holding a silver ring lock with the words ‘memento mori’.

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The blog for Sigvaldi's Saga by Mel Sewell. This is a Viking saga written in the style of Japanese haiku.

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St Hallvard's Cathedral was first built in the twelfth century, and fell out of use in the seventeenth century. It's remains are now visible in Oslo.

St Hallvard shot full of arrows and killed when he tried to defend a pregnant woman from attack.…

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The Källunge weather vane from Källunge, Gotland, Sweden was once on the church there. It is decorated in a transitional Mammen/Ringerike style.

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Busts of Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad who discovered l'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, thus proving that the Viking reached the American continent.

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The Oseberg ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. It was found in a grave mound at Oseberg in Norway with the remains of two women, and with a large amount of grave goods.

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A comb on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo

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A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.

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The only surviving Viking Age helmet. It is on display in Oslo

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Menota is a network of archives, libraries and research departments working with medieval texts and manuscript facsimilies. The website links to numerous resources related to this topic.
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