Viking culture, people and history

CultureTor Ingar Oesterud24. June 2017

The Vikings were fierce warriors and skilled poets

Think of the Vikings and it’s not poetry, woodcarving and storytelling that spring to mind, but colourful images of horned helmets, berserkers, longships, Valhalla, the one-eyed god Odin and men dying sword in hand or drinking out of skulls.

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