A Viking Ship as part of the Dragon of Shadon parade, Cork, on 31 Oct 2026. The float consists of a longship with a dragon head, accompanied by people dressed as Vikings with horned helmets and hooded figures (possibly monks?).
A Viking Ship as part of the Dragon of Shandon parade, Cork, on 31 Oct 2026. The float consists of a longship with a dragon head, accompanied by people dressed as Vikings with horned helmets and hooded figures (possibly monks?).
The 6th installation of the ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses) book series by author Sarah J. Maas. Books 5 and 6 in the series feature a group of female warriors who choose the name "valkyries" for themselves, despite the fact that the narrative is set in a fictional world that has no seeming connection to the Viking Age or Norse culture. Book 6 falls into the "Valkyrie Cycle" of this ongoing series.
Ölstastenen, also known as runestone U 871, in Stockholm (Sweden). This runestone was painted in 1992 based on what the archaeologists believed to be its original colours: black, red and white. It features a cross, creatures, and a runic inscription.
Runes (translitterated):
binrn ' auþulfr ' (k)unor ' hulmtis ' ---u ri-o stin þino ' iftiʀ ' ulf ' kinlauhaʀ buanta ' in osmuntr hiu
Normalised:
Biorn, Auðulfʀ, Gunnarr, Holmdis [let]u re[tt]a stæin þenna æftiʀ Ulf, Ginnlaugaʀ boanda. En Asmundr hio.
English:
Bjǫrn, Auðulfr, Gunnarr (and) Holmdís had this stone erected in memory of Ulfr, Ginnlaug's husbandman. And Ásmundr cut.
Horrible Histories volume on Vikings, by children's books author Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown. In the foreground is a Viking warrior with helmet, axe and shield. Behind him are Viking ships.
Cover of Lindy Brady's "The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland". The cover depicts the Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossing the sea to Britain. The original image comes from the Miscellany on the life of St. Edmund. The Germanic tribes depicted here are often mistaken for Vikings due to the shape and style of their ships and shields.
Copy of Hugo Höppener's "Yggdrasil" painting, depicting the World Tree and the Norns, whose names (Urd, Verdandi, Skuld) are written at the bottom in a red ribbon. Hugo Höppener was a German painter and esoteric who felt that the "blood and soil" (Blut und Boden) idea in Nazism fit with his own ideas around the human spirit and veneration of nature, and thus joined the party. The original painting had swastikas in the top corners.
AI-generated logo and Instagram profile photo for AM Axes, a business that manufactures loosely Viking-inspired Axes and blades. The picture is a reworking of actor Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok in the Vikings TV-Series. It shows him with tattoos, red eyes, a fur cloak, vegvísir brooch and a sword. In the background is a foggy fjord and Viking ships.
Full-scale modern sculpture representing the Anglo-Saxon ship discovered in Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Installed in 2018, the 27-metre-long sculpture reproduces the skeletal form of the vessel and indicates the position of the burial chamber. The original early seventh-century ship was placed beneath a burial mound and contained a rich assemblage of grave goods. Although Sutton Hoo is Anglo-Saxon rather than Viking, there are many connections between the ship burial and the wider Scandinavian world, including the famous Sutton Hoo helmet. Its face-mask may contain an allusion to Woden, the Anglo-Saxon counterpart of the Norse god Óðinn.
Poster advertising the 8th International RECEPTION Conference, “La recepción del mito de la valquiria en la literatura, la música y las artes visuales” (“The Reception of the Valkyrie Myth in Literature, Music and the Visual Arts”), held at the University of Alcalá, Spain, on 22–23 October 2026. The poster incorporates several historical and modern representations of the Valkyrie, illustrating the conference’s focus on the reception and transformation of the figure from the medieval period to contemporary popular culture.
Wooden statue of St Olaf, gifted to Orkney in 1937 by Nidaros Cathedral in Norway. The missionary saint is depicted with a large Dane-axe.
Contributor supplied: Statue of King Olaf Tryggvason [editor: Olaf Haraldsson / St Olaf] of Norway inside St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.
Paperback edition of Henry Treece’s The Viking Saga, a trilogy of historical novels for children comprising Viking’s Dawn, The Road to Miklagard, and Viking’s Sunset. The novels follow the Viking Harald Sigurdson on voyages from Scandinavia to Britain and beyond. This 2016 Puffin edition uses a stylised sword, mountainous landscape and Viking longship on its cover to visually signal its Viking setting.
Online advertisement for dietary supplements sold under the Primal Viking brand. Products pictured include cod liver oil and a “Natural Testosterone Booster”, packaged using Viking-inspired branding and imagery. Primal Viking explicitly associates Vikings with masculinity, physical strength, testosterone, muscle development and sexual vitality. Its marketing contrasts modern men with supposedly stronger Viking ancestors and promotes ingredients including reindeer organs and Arctic plants.
Sculpture by Søren Lexow-Hansen depicting Vala, a female seeress from Old Norse tradition. The standing figure raises one arm above her head while holding the other before her body. The work draws on the figure of the völva or prophetess familiar from Old Norse mythological literature, most notably the seeress who delivers the prophecy of 'Völuspá'. Photographed on display at the Nasjonalmuseet (National Museum), Oslo, Norway
Modern print reproducing the design of a gullgubbe (small gold-foil figure) excavated at Borg in Lofoten, Norway, and displayed at Lofotr Viking Museum. The original is one of five gold-foil plaques found at Borg depicting two figures facing and embracing one another. Such paired figures have commonly been interpreted as the god Freyr and the jötunn Gerðr. The print bears the logo of Lofotr Viking Museum and “Lofoten Norway".
Board games set up for play at Norstead Viking Village, a reconstructed Viking-age port of trade at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Hnefatafl belongs to the family of asymmetric tafl board games associated with the Viking Age, in which one side defends a king against a larger attacking force. The game forms part of Norstead’s presentation of Viking-age recreation and everyday life.
Glass drinks decanter purchased from the online retailer Temu. The decanter takes the form of a stylised Viking ship, with a dragon-headed prow and shields along the hull. A separate square bottle rises from the centre of the vessel and is decorated with Viking-inspired imagery, including a warrior figure, a Valknut and runic-style lettering. The owner has filled the decanter with rum!
Modern monument commemorating Magnus III Olafsson of Norway, known as Magnus Barefoot (Magnús berfœttr), who was killed in battle in County Down in 1103. Magnus died while campaigning in Ireland, following an alliance with the Irish king Muirchertach Ua Briain. Medieval sources place his death and burial in Ulster, in the area around modern Downpatrick and Strangford Lough.
Street sign for Torbjørn Hornkloves gate in Stavanger, Norway. The street is named after Þorbjǫrn hornklofi (Torbjørn Hornklove), a ninth-century Norwegian skald traditionally associated with the court of King Harald Fairhair (Haraldr hárfagri). Poetry attributed to Þorbjǫrn includes material celebrating Harald and his victories, including the Battle of Hafrsfjord, traditionally associated with the unification of Norway.
Kirkwall Airport entrance sign on the roof of the terminal. It is situated at Grimsetter so, transliterated into younger futhark runes, it reads Krimsitir.
Illustrated chapter in Turtle Bunbury's book, "Ireland's Forgotten Past" describing the reign of the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, Sitric Silkbeard.
(Book originally purchased at the Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin City. )
Víking Brugghús is one of Iceland's largest and most historic breweries, originally founded in 1939 as Efnagerð Siglufjarðar before relocating to Akureyri in 1945. Now operated under Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the brewery produces some of the country's most ubiquitous beers, including its flagship premium lager, Víking Gylltur.
"Karl the Viking: Vol 2, The Voyage of the Sea Raiders." BY Michael Moorcock, Don Lawrence, and Ted Cowan. This concluding 240-page volume collects 12 historical-fantasy adventure strips originally serialized in the 1960s boys' weekly comic Lion. The story follows the Saxon-born Viking chief Karl and his band of warriors as they travel far beyond Scandinavia.
"Farewell, My Odin" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chihiro Yoshioka. It was serialized in Coamix's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Zenon between June 2023 and October 2024. The story is set against the brutal backdrop of 11th-century England during the Viking invasions.
The Viking Museum (formerly Vikingaliv) at Djurgårdsvägen 15 on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm is an interactive museum dedicated to the Viking Age and Norse culture. The museum's centerpiece is an 11-minute dark ride that uses motion simulation, sets, and special effects to follow a 10th-century Viking family's journey across Europe. Audio is available in nine languages.
The Ladby Viking Museum (Vikingemuseet Ladby) is an archaeological museum in Kerteminde, Denmark, that houses Denmark’s only known Viking ship grave. Built directly over the original 10th-century (c. 925 AD) burial site inside a concrete vault, it displays the soil imprint and iron rivets of a 21.5-meter-long Viking longship. A local Viking king or chieftain was laid to rest here alongside grave goods, weapons, 11 sacrificed horses, and 3 to 4 dogs.
The Year 1000: An Englishman´s Year describes life in early medieval England, with several chapters discussing the interactions between the English and the Vikings.
240 pages. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 170.
Contributor description: Novel by Melvin Burgess in which the Norse myths are retold from the titular character's perspective. The illustrations on the cover and back of the book are based on the carvings of the Snaptun stone, which depicts a male face with stitched-up lips. A story preserved in the Prose Edda describes how Loki has his lips sewn shut by the dwarf Brokkr, so it is thought that the face on the Snaptun stone is Loki.
(Book originally purchased at the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris, France)
Screenshot of Norse mythology question on the British quiz show 'The Chase', demonstrating that this etymology is considered to be a challenging general knowledge question for a UK audience. Broadcast on ITV.
Hotel Valhalla by Rick Riordan. It is a companion book set in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard universe, published on August 16, 2016 by Disney Hyperion.
"Runebound" is a manga-style comic book by Swedish artist Natalia Batista, published in 2020. In a Viking-inspired fantasy setting, young women train to become Valkyries and battle magicians. To cast magic, a Valkyrie must bind herself to a slave called a træl to extract energy. The story follows Hilda and a broken slave named Aske.
Karbon Bar & Kitchen paired with 53° Norse, an experimental restaurant and DJ-led social venue located on Alma Street in Kelham Island, Sheffield, UK. The graffiti outside features a smiling viking icon, reflecting the Nordic theme of 53° Norse.
1976 AA publication Touring guide to Ireland - Fanum House Basingstoke Hampshire England. Publications like this were popular pre Google maps and typically guided tourists and visitors to drives of historical interest including monastic sites raided by the Vikings who did not need AA maps or Google maps to find them.
One of Puy Du Fou's walk through attractions in the west of France. The attraction is called "Le Premier Royaume" (The First Kingdom) and it goes through the history of France by invasion/conquests, so it also has a section on the Romans and WWII, as well as the Vikings.
Aston Martin's first series-production mid-engined hybrid supercar that directly incorporates technology, aerofoils, and engineering methodologies from the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team called Valhalla. Picture taken from the Race of the Americason the 25th of October.
