Our three main protagonists of Vikings: Valhalla are based on historical characters. But the thing is, their historical counterparts never actually met. Well, Leif and Freydís did, because they ...

A man in Setesdal, Norway recently unearthed an 1,100-year-old Viking warrior’s grave while digging in his yard to build an extension on his home. “I wasn’t going to dig a lot, just a little ...

While both Sweden and Denmark have Viking Age heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Norway does not. 'That's a bit ...

Archaeologists subsequently concluded that it was a Viking boat burial for an elite woman who lived over 1,100 years ago.

He noted that up to 4,000 swords from the Viking Age have been found throughout Europe, but only about 170 — 45 from Norway — have Ulfberht inscriptions. "We are not aware of similar swords ...

With that description, the Vikings entered the annals of medieval history as merciless raiders, having also killed a local official in southern Great Britain in 789.

Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo . SHARE: Share ... For more on Viking Age Norway, go to "Sailing the Viking Seas." Recommended Articles. Features July/August 2025.

A Viking replica ship capsized several days into its journey from the Faroe Islands to Norway. Five crew members survived, but researcher Karla Dana, 29, drowned. She was the lone American on board.