NorseMap

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Project based @UCC & funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant. Aiming to map the Viking legacy in Europe with the help of the public & to understand the evolution of the perception of the Vikings over the past 200 years.

Halfdan Egedius. 1899. “The Death of King Óláfr Haraldsson.” Image source: MyNDIR.

A picture of the first gullgubbe to have been found in the Vestland region in Norway. The tiny golden square is around 1cm and embossed on it are a stylised man and woman facing each other. For more info, see forskning.no

A weathered 11th century rune stone in a field

A glass case containing seven Viking Age swords located in Oslo Gardermoen airport