Pizza and kebab shop in Bergen named Valhalla. Text on logo says "Spise som en konge, kjemp som en Viking". Translation: Eat like a king, fight like a Viking.
Saga Oseberg longboat replica in Tønsberg. Picture taken during the filming of "Viking Empires" ("Blood And Fire Vikings In Ireland") documentary for Tile Films and RTE.
Alleged crucifixion scene on Gosforth cross, a Viking High Cross from the first half of the 10th century AD. The cross contains scenes linked to Norse mythology.
Bronze replica of Ballyspellan Brooch found in found in Ballyspellan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland in the early 1800. The original Ballyspellan Brooch is on display in the Treasury room of the National Museum of Archaeology in Dublin, Ireland. Made of silver and is believe to have been made as a result of when a very plentiful supply of silver was available to native craftsmen courtesy of trade connections with the Scandinavians in Dublin.
Viking Age history of the Varanger region, detailing local conflict, raiding, and trade interactions along the borders. Vikings are represented by an axe and four poems highlighting their violence theft.
Replica of the Uppåkra Viking Raven Brooch. Original was found in Uppåkra, Skåne, Sweden. Dates back to 550-800. Original can be found at Lunds University Historical collection.
Gravestone marking the proposed burial site of Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir at Helgafell (Iceland). Guðrún is the protagonist of Laxdæla saga, and a folk hero in Iceland.
The image shows a reenactor (Bart the Viking) dressed in a Viking-inspired historical reenactment outfit, featuring a rust-orange possibly woolen cloak or over-mantle, a blue linen tunic, light-colored trousers, yellow leg wraps and leather boots. The person is also wearing a mjolnir pendant around their neck.
Image produced by Anne-Kathrin Schoerner for the Conference 'Rediscovering the Vikings: Reception, Recovery, Englagement' at University College Cork, 25-26 November 2016 (Organised by the World-Tree Project). The hnefatafl players are based on an image on the (replica) of the Viking Age Rune stone Gs 19 outside Ockelbo church, Gästrikland, Sweden
An image of the Vé, a sacred space used for worship, at Asatru UK's Friggsmoot, August 2026. The flags include the Asatru's logo, where the letters resemble an "A" (such as the Ansuz rune ᚨ), a "U" (Uruz ᚢ), and a "K" (Kaunazᚲ), spelling out the organization's acronym, AUK. These are Elder Futhark runes.
Grave of Ivar Aasen, philologist and establisher of Nynorsk. Excerpt from the Hávamál poem. Deyr fe, deyja frændr, deyr sjálfr it sama; en orðstírr deyr aldri, hveim er sér góðan getr." (Cattle die, kinsmen die, and one dies the same oneself; but the reputation of one who earns a good one never dies).
The display showcases archaeological finds from a Viking warrior's grave excavated at Repton. Finds shown on photo are an iron sword, iron folding knife, iron key, iron knife, bronze buckle, glass beads, silver Thor's hammer, gold finger ring and an iron axe.
Þingvellir- Þingvellir (Thingvellir) a historically significant as the founding site of the Alþingi (Althing), one of the world's oldest national parliamentary institutions.
The Wolf Cross, Foss, Iceland - housed at the National Museum of Iceland. This unique tenth-century artefact may depict a cross or a Thor's hammer, or arise from a period in which the lines between the two faiths were blurred.
Statue of Leif Erikson in Reykjavik, outside Hallgrimskirkja. Made by American artist Alexander Stirling Calder in 1930, on commission from the US Government as a gift to Iceland to celebrate 1000 years of the Icelandic parliament.
Helgafell, rising 73 meters on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, is a sacred Icelandic mountain steeped in Norse mythology, Christian heritage, and local folklore. It is prominently featured in the Eyrbyggja Saga.
A museum exhibit display titled "Na Lochlannaich / Norse" detailing the history of Viking raids and Norse history on Isles of Scotland from the Museum of the Isles, Armadale Castle, Skye UK.
Knus nazismen (Crush Nazism) statue, often mistaken for Thor's hammer, outside Oslo Sentralstasjonen (Norway). By artist Bjørn Melbye Gulliksen, it celebrates the WWII resistance movement and specifically the Osvald Group (Osvaldgruppen).
Wax figure of Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson as featured in the Saga Museum in Reykjavík, Iceland. Hrafna-Flóki (raven Flóki) got his appellative when he sent out three ravens to help him find his way to Iceland. His story is recorded in Landnámabók.
Part of the inside of a Viking ship at the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. This is a reconstruction of a war ship (possibly a leidang ship) from ~1040 which was found in Roskilde in 1962. The replica was made out of oak, pine and ash in 1991.
Viking inspired Comic book at the Swedish Book Fair. Cover of "91:an Harald Gyllenhårs Saga" (Saga of Harald Golden hair) by Patrik Norrman. The cover depicts three Vikings, including the titular Harald, a hoard and a rune stone. The inscription uses a runic-inspired font to spell "Harald Gyllenhårs Saga - sista delen" (Saga of Harald Golden hair - last chapter).
Norwegian Viking inspired Comics at the Swedish Book Fair: three volumes of Ragnarok by Odin Helgheim. The volumes depicted are "Yggdrasil", "Loke" (Loki), "Fenrisulven" (Fenrir).
Viking Comics at the Swedish Book Fair. Pictured are some volumes from the Danish "Valhalla" series by Peter Madsen & Henning Kure, and the first volume of the Swedish "Vei" by Sara Bergmark Elfgren & Karl Johnsson.
Monument to Leif Erikson in Trondheim, Norway by artist August Werner: a copy of the original 1962 Seattle World's Fair monument given to Trondheim by the Leif Ericson Society of Seattle, and unveiled in 1997.
Nidaros Cathedral - Built over the burial site of the 11th century Viking ruler, King Olaf II Haraldsson, also known as Saint Olaf (reigned 1015 to 1028).
Roskilde Cathedral is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on the grounds that its architecture shows traces of 800 years of architectural styles, and that it was one of the earliest examples of a Gothic cathedral to be built in brick in a Scandinavian country. The cathedral also stands on the site of the Holy Trinity Church, a small stave church which Harald Bluetooth had commissioned around the year 960, marking its unbroken legacy as a site of worship from Viking times to the present day.
Viking Age swords featuring decorated hilts dating to the 8th century and discovered on the Steinvik farm in Norway. Currently on display the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, Norway
Dynna stone- an 11th-century Viking Age runestone on display in the Museum of Cultural History (Historisk Museum) in Oslo. More information here: https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/exhibitions/vikingr/index.html
Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Lee M. Hollander. The cover features a king on horseback pointing his sword upwards, the motif is enclosed withhin a circular wreath.
"The Viking Heart" by Arthur Herman melds historical narrative with archaeological and DNA research. The ends result is a book tracing the influence of Norse people on the West, all the way to the American Dream. The cover features a frontal view of a Viking ship sailing. The prow has a dragon head, the sail is striped in red and white.
Skálmöld is an Icelandic Viking / folk metal band from Reykjavík. "Ýdalir" is their sixth studio album (2023). The cover art features a Viking warrior with long bow, sword and skis walking away from a burning village in a fjord. Songs in this album are named after mythologically significant items or beings.
