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Viking Days in Alberta: Exploring Canada’s premier Viking festival
The Danish Canadian National Museum’s August celebration is one of the biggest events on the North American Viking calendar.1 month ago — News -
Pulling together: Norway returns to Leif Erikson's shore
A thousand years ago Norse crews crossed the North Atlantic and built houses on the shore of North America. This week their descendants at the World Cup did the thing a Norwegian crowd still does when it wants to feel like one body. They rowed.1 month ago — News -
Seaweed and cloudberries: How the Vikings solved scurvy
The Norse likely relied on berries and wild plants to stave off illness on long-distance voyages, including to North America.5 months ago — News -
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir: Trader, pilgrim, and traveler between worlds
In an era where many people ventured little further over the course of their lives, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir earned the moniker "the Far Traveled."6 months ago — History -
Hamingja: How family "luck" shaped reputation in Norse society
People in Viking societies saw luck not just as mere felicitous happenstance but as an inherited spiritual strength passed down through the bloodline.9 months ago — Culture and religion -
How do modern-day Norwegians view their Viking heritage?
Modern Norwegians connect with their Viking heritage and history with a combination of cultural curiosity, entrepreneurial opportunity, and nuanced reflection.10 months ago — Legacy -
Who was Leif Erikson really? Hero, explorer, or just a settler?
With a legacy spanning over a millennium, Leif Erikson's reputation has evolved over the centuries. Was he merely a lucky early medieval explorer, or was he the first in a line of heroic Europeans who crossed the Atlantic to forge new lives in the New World?11 months ago — History -
Birgitta Wallace: A pioneering Viking Age archeologist remembered
The Swedish-Canadian archeologist was instrumental in the establishment of L'Anse aux Meadows as the only confirmed Viking settlement in North America.1 year ago — News -
Viking encounters with Indigenous peoples: From the Sámi to Vinland
People from Viking societies encountered a wide range of Indigenous peoples throughout their travels during the early medieval period. These were often the first encounters these people had with Europeans centuries before the "Age of Exploration" kicked off Europe's thirst for conquest.1 year ago — History -
How Thorfinn Karlsefni reached the New World long before Columbus
Long before SAS flights whisked Scandinavians across the North Atlantic Ocean to North America, Thorfinn Karlsefni was doing it the hard way. This determined explorer is credited with establishing a short-lived settlement in Vinland, thus becoming the first property developer in the New World.1 year ago — History
