Scandinavian History
The following links have been provided to assist with the study of Scandinavian History:
General
- Viking Heritage, Swedish cultural heritage site published by Gotland University, with maps and a database of images of sites, artifacts, runes and reconstructions
- Viking Exhibition 2000, Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC
- The Viking World, focusing on Denmark and the royal site at Jelling
Denmark
- Museet Ribes vikinger, with information about the excavations in Ribe and much else
- Ribe Viking Centre
- Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
- The Skuldelev ships
Iceland
- The Saints in Iceland, database of information connected with saints’ cults preserved in medieval Icelandic church records
Norway
- Borg Museum
- Midgard, cultural heritage centre near Borre
- University of Oslo Museum of Cultural History, including the Oslo Viking Ship Museum
- Nidaros Cathedral and the Archbishop’s palace
- Archaeology in the North, Frans-Arne Stylegar’s archaeological weblog, with electronic texts of his articles on aspects of Norwegian archaeology, some in English
- University of Oslo Kaupang project
Sweden
- Foteviken Museum, near Malmø, Sweden
- Fröjel discovery programme, cultural heritage centre at a Viking-Age harbour on Gotland. Includes images and background information on Viking-Age commerce and the collection of Viking artifacts
- Sigtuna Museum
- Swedish National Heritage Board, with pages on Birka, Gamla Uppsala and the Rök stone
- Slöinge, a central place site in Halland, from the fifth- to tenth-centuries
- Varla, an eleventh-century hall in Halland
British Isles
- York Archaeological Trust, including access to the Jorvik Centre] and the York Archaeological Trust Picture Library
- Orkneyjar, Orkney heritage site
Normandy
- The Normans, information, bibliography, images
Bibliographies
Scandinavian History in the Viking Age: a Select bibliography
ASNC Guides, Texts and Studies Series, number 2
- 3rd edition (2004) pdf
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