Vikings

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Български: Викингите са скандинавски морски народ.
Dansk: Vikinge var nordiske søfarer i perioden fra 8. til 10. århundrede.
Deutsch: Wikinger waren skandinavische Seefahrer im 8. bis 10. Jahrhundert.
English: The Vikings were Scandinavian seafarers during 8th to 10th centuries.
Norsk bokmål: Vikinge var skandinaviske sjøfarere som koloniserte en rekke land. Periode: 8. til 10. århundre.
Русский: Викинги - средневековые скандинавские мореплаватели и воины.

Vikings in art[edit]

  • « Pirates normands au IXème siècle » par Evariste-Vital Luminais (1822 - 1896).

  • The Ravager, a painting by John Charles Dollman, showing Vikings in cold weather.

  • A black-and-white reproduction of a painting showing Norsemen in a ship, by Oscar Wergeland.

  • Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856-1933): Arrival of Rurik to Ladoga.

  • At the Battle of Svolder, Einarr Þambarskelfir tries the king's bow and finds it too weak. Christian Krohg (1852-1925)

  • The funeral of a viking, by Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928)

  • Leif Ericson as he discovers Vinland

  • Another painting of Leif

Viking ships[edit]

  • Viking ship near Barsoe, Denmark, 1969

  • Viking ship (retouched)

  • Viking ship (front view)

  • Viking ship (front view)

  • recovered remains of a Viking ship at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark

  • Viking Ship2 Roskilde.jpg

  • excavation of a Viking ship at Gokstad, Norway

  • Model of the Gokstad viking ship

  • Viking ship in Stockholm

  • Drawing of Viking longship

  • A replica Viking ship being burnt during Edinburgh's annual Hogmanay celebrations

  • Danes about to invade England. From "Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund" from the 12th century.

  • Vikings transportant leur bateau.

Viking religion[edit]

  • Reconstruction of the tempel of Uppåkra in Sweden

  • Interior from the temple of Uppåkra in Sweden

  • Ruins of the hof (Viking temple) of Hov, Faroe Islands

  • Scene from Stora Hammar stone

Viking people[edit]

    Places from the Viking age[edit]

    • Grave of Havgrimur, Faroe Islands

    • Havgrims steinur, faroe islands.jpg
    • Viking village, Foteviken, Vel by sundstrom.jpg

      Viking village in Sweden

    • Map of the town Lund in Skania, Sweden in the Viking period.

    • Reconstructed map of Paris in 9 century.

    • The place of the battle at Stiklestad were Olaf II of Norway died 1030.

    • The famous rune stone of Jellinge, Denmark with the big lion.

    • Map of Halor Viking market, Skania, Sweden

    • Map of Viking towns of Scandinavia

    Artifacts from the Viking age[edit]

    • Viking age lock

    • Viking anchor

    • Pommel from a Viking sword

    • Viking swords

    • Viking treasure

    • Viking pins

    • Drinking horns from the Viking age

    Vikings on stamps[edit]

    Faroe Islands[edit]

    Viking Voyages on the Atlantic 2002[edit]

    Date of issue: 11 February 2002, artist Martin Mörck. See also: Faroese stamps 2002

    • Stamp sheet FO 406-408: Viking voyages

    • FO 406: Bearing compass

    • FO 407: Helmsman

    • FO 408: Viking ship

    Text on stamps.fo:

    Vikings in popular culture[edit]

    • Vikings fighting (part of a festival - reenacting 2007)

    • Vikings fighting (part of a festival in Denmark)

    • Reconstructor portraying a Viking

    • Battle of Flowers float 2007 Moonlight Parade.

    • Le clou du spectacle des 'Vikings' au Grand Parc du Puy du Fou

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