Vikings
Norsk bokmål: Vikinge var skandinaviske sjøfarere som koloniserte en rekke land. Periode: 8. til 10. århundre.
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.
Русский: Викинги — средневековые скандинавские мореплаватели и воины.
Български: Викингите са скандинавски морски народ.
Vikings in art
- Viking Armada by Edward Moran
- « 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
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Viking ships
- 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
- 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.
- re-enactment
Viking religion
- 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
Places from the Viking age
- Grave of Havgrimur, Faroe Islands
- 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
- 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
Faroe Islands
Viking Voyages on the Atlantic 2002
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
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Vikings in popular culture
- 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