Fridge magnets depicting a historical poster (from 1937) and another from 2024, both drawing on the Viking connection to promote tourism to Scandinavia. Photographed in a tourist shop in Oslo.
"Viking laws" tourist souvenir. Used to promote an idea of a Viking ethos, but without any historical precedent. The Norse peoples had a very developed legal system, but these are fabricated 'rules for living'.
Books on Viking braids with titles such as "Badass Braids", "Wikinger flechtfrisuren" and "Wikinger flechtfrisuren 2". Other books pictured include "Norse Myths", "The Ice Museum", "Gods and Myths of Northern Europe", "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Northern Heroes", "Vikingfletter", "Norwegian Stave Churches" and more.
Reproduction of Viking ship in two sizes. The ship has a dragon head at its prow, oars, black and white shields hanging on the side, and a red and white striped sail. At the top of the mast flies the Norwegian flag.
"The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" book by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Cristopher Tolkien. The cover features a close-up of an engraving from the Hylestad Stave Church portal, depicting Sigurd slaying the dragon Fafnir.
Viking-branded fire extinguisher.
Produced by VIKING Life-Saving Equipment.
Contributor comments: Viking-branded fire extinguisher because vikings are so famous for putting out fires!
Gol Stave Church, Oslo. Eleventh-century stave church, originally located in Gol; dismantled and moved to the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History in Oslo. Exterior is largely nineteenth-century reconstruction, but interior preserves original.
