Index card: The Viking Age
Humor and history go hand in hand in new book about the Viking Age
This week sees the launch of Vikingtiden fra aaaah til ååååh! (The Viking Age from aaaah to ååååh!) – a new book by Are Sende Osen and Jens K. Styve, published by Gyldendal. Here...
Mapping Viking heritage as a potential World Heritage Site
The Director General of Cultural Heritage is mapping Viking Age cultural heritage sites to assess their potential inclusion on Norway's «waiting list» for World Heritage status. The Ministry of Climate and Environment has given the Director General of Cultural Heritage the task of...
Herring was already a major commodity in the Baltic Sea during the Viking Age.
Ancient bone remains shed new light on herring fishing in the Baltic Sea. Herring was an important commodity 400 years earlier than previously thought. Fishing for...
The Viking Age Museum must be built as planned
Earlier this year, Statsbygg announced that the project could not be realized within the approved budget. The Ministry of Education and Research then commissioned Statsbygg and the University of Oslo to...
1 in 10 Britons believe Vikings ravaged the country 200-500 years ago
Did Vikings live between the 1500s and 1800s? According to a study conducted by the University of the Highlands and Islands in collaboration with the TV channel...
