A History of Viking Civilization - A quickly developing site dedicated to Viking culture, conquest, and leadership
A part of Swedish History: The Viking Age - A bit of Swedish (and scandinavic) history.
American Realities, Norse Settlers - An essay on the settlement of Greenland by Norse settlers.
Archaeological Research in Greenland - An extensive site reviewing the history and culture of Norse settlements in Greenland.
Birka and Hovgården - Site from UNESCO about Birka that's on the world heritage list.
Birka and the Vikings - Prehistoric Sweden and its towns.
Birkana - South Manchester, UK-based group re-enacting life in the English Dark Ages. Part of "The Vikings" group. Members' persona list, description of crafts re-enacted.
Blekinge's Most Ancient Runic Inscriptions - Manifestations of Semitic Fertility Cult. Ancient Norse Runes
Borg Viking Museum - The museum is a reconstruction of a Viking chieftain's homestead. If you come here you get the opportunity to walk around in an area which brings you more than a thousand years back in time.
Braethraborg - History of the vikings.
Bronze Casting in Viking Age - Explores what was once a most important craft.
Canada Hall - The Norse - A look at the Norse in Canada.
Cormacs - Research paper on the Saga of Cormacs, a biography of a Norse king of England and Denmark.
Elvegrimarne - A Swedish group of Viking re-enactors. Photographs of group re-enacting, e-mail contact.
Fire and Steel - A Newcastle, Australia based group re-enacting turn of the first millenium Vikings, Saxons and Normans. Photographs of group in action, biographies of members, e-mail contact.
Fröjel Discovery Programme - A Viking research project.
Gaia - Replica of a Viking ship found buried at Gokstad. Site includes info about the Gokstad excavations, ship specifications and photos, and general information about Viking ships and trade patterns. (Site in English and Norwegian.)
Gander Academy's Viking Ships - A site for students that contains a list of links with resources on Viking ships students would find helpful in researching this topic.
Germanic Mythology - An Independent Study project created by Bridget Herrera. She graduated from Dickinson College with a Bachelor's degree in the field of German studies, and a concentration in Nordic/Celtic mythology.
Glima - In the viking age, in northern Europe there was a very popular sport called glima. In glima it is illegal to kick and hit, therefore it is called wrestling. This is a site about this sport.
Gorm the Wired Viking - Gorm the New is a Wired Viking, featuring original translations of Danish "ordsprog," proverbs and sayings from Denmark that reflect the accumulated Danish wisdom of the past 1,000 years.
Gothenburg Viking Ship Society - Gothenburg, Sweden-based organization which has built and is sailing replicas of a Viking merchant ship ("knarr"), and a minor warship ("ledung" ship).
Hammer in the North: Norse in Sweden - An article on Mjollnir in medieval Scandinavia by Daniel Bray at Sydney University.
Hodegon Garrison - A Melbourne, Australia-based group re-enacting the Byzantine Emperor's Viking guard. Member group of the New Varangian Guard. Description of historical background, e-mail contact, photographs of past events.
House Ravenclaw - A Southern Vermont/Western Massachusetts-based group re-enacting Danish household of the turn of the first millennium. Member of Norseland. Description of group, personae, photographs of past events.
Islendinga - An Australian group re-enacting all aspects of Icelandic life from 920 through 1260, including costuming, cooking, crafts and combat. Description and photographs of group, upcoming events, e-mail contact.
Jorvik Viking Centre - A viking museum in York, England, complete with smells and sound which takes you back in time, through an actual underground archealogical site.
Leif Ericson Vikingship - A Philadelphia-based organization dedicated to the promotion of the understanding and study of Viking exploration.
Longship Company, Ltd. - Reenactment group recreates the Viking maritime life with two Viking ships; events calender, member information, based in the Washington, DC, USA area.
Medieval Scandinavia - The Vikings are commonly spoken about as the people who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, a period defined approximately from 800 to 1050 AD. However, this is probably wrong, perhaps more wrong than most of us seems to know.
North: Landscape of the Imagination - Why did the Norse Vikings go to North America? An excellent article.
Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago - About early christianity in America. Written by Priest Andrew Phillips.
Pillage, Rape, and Burn! - A series of articles and information regarding the beliefs, practices, and lifestyle of the Viking peoples.
Ranerna - A Hamburgsund, Sweden-based group re-enacting Viking life separately from as well as in connection with, the "Hornbore ting," a local Viking festival. Description of group, photographs, e-mail contact information.
Runer - Runological projects at NCCH.
Rusland Garrison - A Queensland, Australia-based group which re-enacts Scandinavian soldiers in the elite Varangian Guard of the Byzantine Emperors. Description of group, e-mail contact, historical background, photographs of past re-enactments, schedule of events.
Saga Vikings Reenactment Group Inc. - Group recreates the Vikings of Scandinavia of the Ninth through Eleventh Centuries; member information, image gallery, workshops, events schedule, based in Brisbane, Australia.
Shields of the Shattered Isle - Reenactment group recreates the military life of the Vikings, using the characteristic three foot shields; events schedule, contact information, based in the North of Ireland.
Sigrid Storråda - Activities, sailing schedule, photos, and specifications of a Viking ship replica. Content in Norwegian, English, and German.
Skjaldborg - Group recreates a Viking encampment to portray the daily life of the Vikings between 800-1066 for educational programs, live steel combat demonstrations, Festivals, and Renaissance Faires; events schedule, image gallery, based in Omaha, Nebraska.
Svea Viking - "Svea Viking" brings during summer up to 200 guests on tours in the beautiful archipelago, from its quay of the Royal Palace in central Stockholm.
Sweden and the Vikings. - A history of the Norse/Vikings in Sweden.
Terror from the Sea - Student paper on the character and impact of 9th century Viking raids on Western Europe.
The Danetre Vikings - Northamptonshire, England based group re-enacting turn of the first millennium Vikings. Photographs of kit and past re-enactments, calendar of events, e-mail contact information.
The Krampmacken Association - An association founded in 1989 by the members of the expedition to Miklagård (Istanbul), but is now free for anyone who wants to became a member. The purpose is to take care of the Viking ship Krampmacken and work for more ships to be built and to organise new expeditions.
The Life of Viking Women - A description, without citations, of the role, dress, and activities of Viking women and girls.
The Medieval Ship Helga Holm - A non profit organization owning and sailing a square sail medieval Viking ship replica.
The Norse in the North Atlantic - Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Proided by Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
The Norwegian Viking Swords - "De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation.
The Outpost of Valhalla - A multimedia experience about the viking age. Requires ShockWave.
The Rus-Project - A Finnish Viking ship project started in 1991 which builds and sails replicas. Details ship finds, replicas, co-projects, and literary and musical production.
The Ruthwell Cross - My intention here is to reconstruct the original inscription on the cross from what is currently readable and from old drawings.
The Temesvikings - A South London, UK-based group re-enacting a band of Anglo-Danish mercenaries in the service of King Æthelread of England around the turn of the first millenium. Part of "The Vikings" group. Historical background, events calendar.
The Viking Home Page - A personal homepage designed to provide general non-commercial viking information.
The Viking Homepage - All about the Vikings.
The Viking Legacy - About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships.
The Viking Network Web - A project which aims to answer the following question: How do we combine the teaching of the Vikings and the Viking era with electronic communications?
The Viking Saga
The Viking Times International Magazine - A magazine all about the boats and artifacts, archeology and projects.
The Vikings - A short historical perspective and a link collection.
The Vikings - Dispell the Myths - Dispells the myths about the vikings. Also see Viking art, society, warfare and links to other great viking sites. abelund.
The Vikings - photographs by Jerome Whittingham - Photographs taken at the Jorvik Viking Festival, York, February 2000.
The Vikings, Our First Wind Surfers - An article by Lars Stålheim comparing manouvering a windsurfing board and a Viking longship.
The World of the Vikings - A guide to viking resources on the internet.
Thinking Things: The Vikings - An introductory look at the way of life in Viking times. Includes information on who the Vikings were, where they came from, where they traveled, and the heritage they left behind. Designed for second and third grade students.
Viking Age Club - Reenactors provide exhibits and demonstrations of life in the classcal Viking age for educational programs and living history events; appearances include Lillehamar, Norway during 1992 Winter Olympics. Historical references, events schedule, based in Minnesota.
Viking Experience - An English-based group providing education programs to schools. Information regarding authenticity (for both Vikings and Anglo-Saxons), in particular clothing, arms and armor.
Viking Heritage Server & Database - A nucleus of information on various aspects of the Vikings, both for the professional and the laypersons. This is the best meeting place for people interested in Viking-related issues.
Viking In The New World - This site describes the settlement of North America by Scandinavians (Vikings) in the Eleventh Century AD. The Settlement of Greenland and the attempts to settle on the east coast of North America are discussed as well as various artifacts connected to Vikings in North America.
Viking Navy - Designs, builds and sails Viking Ships. Speculates on forgotten designs for all things Viking.
Viking Plym - The oldest sailing vikingship in the world. Built 1912 by August Plym as a representation vessel for his shipyard.
Viking related texts - Eddas, Sagas...
Viking Resources for the Re-enactor - Historical and reenactment reference articles on the civil and military life of the classical Viking age, including introductory information, culture, textiles, clothing, and cooking.
Viking Ship Krampmacken - Info about a 6-oar replica which sailed from the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic to the Black Sea.
Viking Traveling Routes - Research, including maps, of the trade and pillage routes of the Nordic Vikings, as well as a timeline of Viking history.
Viking Voyage 1000 - The Vikings are coming... again! Recreation of Leif Eriksson's historic voyage from Greenland to Newfoundland nearly 1,000 years ago.
Vikingbronze - A page that deals with ancient metalcraft and research from mainly an experimental approach. The page will provide texts, resources and links related to the archaeology of ancient and early historic metalcrafts.
Vikings in Spain - The viking happenings and actions in Spain and Portugal.
Vikings: the North Atlantic Saga - About the Scandinavian discovery of North America over 1000 years ago, from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Vikingship Thor Viking Homepage - A small, 7 meter long trading boat for both, one-hand and crew sailing.
Vinland Map and Shroud Updates - Update for the Vinland Map and the Turin Shroud. From McCrone Research Institute.
Vinlanda: The Vinland Map on the Web - A guide and web directory to the so-called "Vinland map", allegedly depicting viking activity in North America.
Vinlands Viking Village - A planned re-creation of this first settlement along Morien Bay near Port Morien in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Vlachernai Garrison - Melbourne, Australia-based group re-enacting Scandinavian mercenaries in the service of the Byzantine Emperor. Member group of the New Varangian Guard. Description of group, calendar, contact information, photogallery.