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An IT company trading on the name of Odin. Nothing on the website explains why they have chosen the Norse god's name for their company.

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The Viking information centre in Wieringen.

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User submitted image of a Viking fire pit produced by the Canadian company Imagine Metal Art, which produced metal garden sculptures. For more information see their website at http://www.imaginemetalart.com/

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A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the Norman construction of ships for the invasion of Anglo-Saxon England. For the full tapestry see here

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There are many ships depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. They are Anglo-Saxon and Norman models, but they would have been of very similar construction to Scandinavian ships at this date, and we can learn a lot about the decoration of the ships from…

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Souvenir replica of a Viking cone beaker from Birka made from hand-blown glass and hand-forged iron stand. On sale in Museet Ribes Vikinger.

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A small viking ship featuring a dragon prow with images of a horned helmet and viking warrior on the sail. Toy seen in Copenhagen airport.

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A souvenir snow-globe with a troll drinking from a flagon and sporting a horned helmet and axe, next to a small viking ship. Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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A T-Shirt design featuring a skull with horned helmet, under the label 'Copenhagen'. Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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Key-ring photographed in Copenhagen airport. Swedish flag with stylised Viking ship

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Key-ring photographed in Copenhagen airport. Viking ship with sail in the colours of the Danish flag.

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Trolls with horned helmets and a shield with Danish flag design. Souvenir seen in Copenhagen airport.

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Trolls with horned helmets and either a shield with Swedish flag or flag. Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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A souvenir snow-globe with a viking warrior with horned helmet within a globe supported by a horned helmet. Seen in Copenhagen airport.

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Photographed in Copenhagen airport. Swedish souvenir with stylised Viking ship.

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A statuette influenced by the famous statue in Kronborg Castle depicting the legendary figure Holger Danske (Ogier the Dane) first mentioned in the eleventh-century Chanson de Roland, and who later becomes a major antagonist (and later supporter) of…

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A sliver replica of an Urnes style brooch, similar to brooches found at Ribe and Lindholm H

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A silver brooch based on Viking Age depictions of Valkyries. If you know the original(s) it is based on, please let us know.
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