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Placemat replicating a motif of the month of April from the Baldishol Tapestry
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a motif of the month of April based on the eleventh-century tapestry found in Baldishol church in Hedmark, Norway.
Placemat depicting Viking ships
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting a fleet of Viking ships
Placemat depicting Odin riding Sleipnir
A textile placemat in a series by Leif Thesen (Oslo), depicting Odin riding Sleipnir
Pizzeria Viking
A chain of pizzerias that uses the Viking image for its logo and name.
Pitney Spænde Brooch Replica in Kalundborg Museum
Based on the Late Viking Age Urnes-Style Pitney Brooch (in the British Museum).
Pirates of the Frozen North Constructible Strategy Game
Pirates of the Frozen North was a supplement for the Pirates Constructible Strategy Game. The game came with plastic ships that needed to be built before play. Pirates of the Frozen North introduced Vikings to the game, and the image with this item…
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.
Pine Bucket with Runic Inscription from the Oseberg Ship Burial
A pine bucket with an iron handle. It was originally bound with hoops of beech wood. The bucket has a runic inscription that says 'Sigrid owns'.
Pigs
The goddess Freyja rode a wild boar called Hildisvíni and the god Freyr owned one called Gullinbursti. This is a nineteenth-century imaginative recreation of what Freyja might have looked like riding her boar.
Pigs were a source of meat in the…
Pigs were a source of meat in the…
Pieces of Rope from the Oseberg Ship
These photographs show pieces of rope from the Oseberg ship, some with wooden ties still attached.
Pieces of discarded or broken beads on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Broken glass beads from the production of beads at Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Piece of Leather Shield or Armour on display in the National Museum of Ireland
A piece of leather, possibly from a shield or leather armour. From the Fishamble Street excavations. E141.
Picture stone from Tjängvide, Gotland, Sweden
Tjängvide image stone (G 110) from near Ljugarn, Gotland and housed in the Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden. It includes a runic memorial inscription as well as a series of images including the widely reproduced depiction of a figure on an…
Picture of Ardre VIII picture stone
A copy of the picture stone Ardre VIII on its original place on Gotland. The original can today be found at the Historical Museum in Stockholm.
Photos of the Southern Burial Mound at Jelling
There are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The South Mound is known as Gorm's Mound, and is empty. It was probably constructed in the period 965-970.
Photos of Surtsey in the Westman Islands
Surtsey is an island that was formed during an eruption in 1963-67. It was named Surtsey (Surt's Island) after the fire giant (or jötunn) Surtr, who will engulf the world with his flaming sword at Ragnarök.
Photos of Rune stone DR 41 at Jelling
Photo of the older of the two Jelling stones, raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The English translation on the Samnordisk runtextdatabas reads "King Gormr made this monument in memory of Thyrvé, his wife, Denmark's adornment."
Photos of Peel Castle in the Isle of Man
Peel Castle in the Isle of Man was originally constructed by the Norse King Magnus Barefoot, who reigned in the eleventh century. It incorporated an earlier celtic round-tower into the defences. Several important Viking Age finds have been recovered…
Photos of Jelling Kirke in Denmark
Today’s Jelling Church is a Romanesque masonry church, built around 1100 on the site of Harald Bluetooth’s original church from the 900s AD. In 2000, King Gorm the Old was reburied in the church’s burial chamber.
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Photos of Goðafoss Waterfall from the Eastern Bank
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Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the…
Goðafoss ('Waterfall of the Gods') is a prominent landmark in Iceland, and also an important site in the Viking Age history of Iceland, most well-known as the place where Lawspeaker Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði, responsible for the…