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Nopenott0day · 05/06/2026 19:31

Nothing Viking about it. All Hollywood shite.

countrygirl99 · 05/06/2026 19:30

Fimofriend · 05/06/2026 18:38

Could you please give me the name of those Viking singers?

I mostly get Apex Wolf Predator and Shadow of Valhalla.

Credittocress · 05/06/2026 19:13

Think they look great, and as someone who lives in a land pillaged by the vikings I don’t find it offensive at all. Think it’s super cool.

Lovelyview · 05/06/2026 19:05

If New Zealand is allowed to do a Haka then Norway is allowed to do Vikings.

NotDarkGothicMama · 05/06/2026 19:00

Princessdebthe1st · 05/06/2026 17:43

If you want to find out more about strong Viking women then I can only encourage you to read about the female warrior on Birka near Stockholm. Archeologists assumed she was male because of the full set of weapons and the richness of her grave. Better still, visit Scandavia yourself and you might just be lucky enough to bump into a modern day Viking (need a hot flush emoji)

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-reaffirm-famed-ancient-viking-warrior-was-biologically-female-180971541/

I used to visit Denmark and Sweden a lot for work. Sadly, I found it quite depressing being surrounded by beautiful people with outrageous cheekbones while being short, mousy and rather plump myself. It's also frowned upon to perv over ones colleagues.

Tryanalogue · 05/06/2026 18:59

Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook!

DryTerryandJUNE · 05/06/2026 18:58

Am I looking at different pictures to everyone else? It looks like a cross between Horrible Histories and a primary school "dress like a viking" day. The one with long hair is certainly not the most beauteous Viking I've ever seen, eeek.
Rape and pillage obviously frowned upon but, as one with Viking genes, I obviously can't grumble - I wouldn't be here had they not gone "sightseeing"!

Cailleach1 · 05/06/2026 18:56

Papster · 05/06/2026 17:28

‘The Vikings were slavers, and the kidnapping, sale and forced exploitation of human beings was always a central pillar of their culture’

Tens of thousands of Britons were enslaved or sold on as slaves by Vikings.

I feel very wronged by this.

Haaland and his mates should pay restitution.

Where do I apply?

You’ll get short shrift, I’d say. I visited Denmark recently. Don’t forget that Norway and Denmark were one area during the Viking era. They weren’t the two different countries that they are today. In their national museum in Copenhagen, they had lots of exhibits relaying their sort of Danish colonial efforts. So, Greenland obviously. But the far east, as well as Africa. They sold their islands in the Caribbean to the US as recently as the early 1900’s.

They had displays about how people suffered under them with colonisation, and slavery, as you went from each exhibit to another. About how lives were ruined.

It was a completely different story when I went to Roskilde, the old capital and where the vikings stored their boats. They had exhibits about the Viking raids, and establishment of all their settlements and cities in Britain and Ireland. There was certainly no handwringing about how terrible it was, or how they were very naughty boys indeed. It was rather a fact of history. I also saw a thing about how they could take the credit for the fall of Anglo Saxon England too because the Normans from the Norman Invasion were their diaspora really.

I reckon they’ll say ‘no thanks necessary’.

I know, not Norway per se, but they were the same group of ‘privateers’, and the countries were not separate as today.

JustaDream · 05/06/2026 18:55

PlentifulPeoniesPlease · 05/06/2026 18:54

Whoops I voted wrong. I think it's great!

Has anyone seen the guy who swam around Iceland - he's British, but I bet his genes are pure Norse.

Ross Edgley. He's on Instagram and there was a programme about his swim, forgotten which channel but I watched it on catch up so I expect it's still available. Incredible stuff, he swum in waters I'd be afraid to venture out into on the most seaworthy of big boats.

Never seen him but now I'm going to pretend to drown when I see him out and about and hope he saves me lol!

PlentifulPeoniesPlease · 05/06/2026 18:54

Whoops I voted wrong. I think it's great!

Has anyone seen the guy who swam around Iceland - he's British, but I bet his genes are pure Norse.

Ross Edgley. He's on Instagram and there was a programme about his swim, forgotten which channel but I watched it on catch up so I expect it's still available. Incredible stuff, he swum in waters I'd be afraid to venture out into on the most seaworthy of big boats.

Norwegian football team- Viking photoshoot - problematic?
Aiakja · 05/06/2026 18:52

Looks great, it’s their heritage.

the chronically offended can just not look at the picture.

BronwenFrideswide · 05/06/2026 18:51

ThaneOfGlamis · 05/06/2026 18:11

And now I need to go and watch the last kingdom again. Happy sigh

Ha! When my husband suggests watching The Last Kingdom I never disagree😆

OutingHobbyWife · 05/06/2026 18:42

England for the English gammons objecting to historical invading and colonising? Shurely shome mishtake?!

My only concern was that they'd have horns on their helmets but they don't so I'm more than happy with it.

roses2 · 05/06/2026 18:41

Is the photo AI generated? It looks so fake!

Fimofriend · 05/06/2026 18:38

countrygirl99 · 05/06/2026 17:11

If your really lucky looking at that story will get you reels of viking style singers on Facebook. I started getting them when Trump was threatening Greenland a while back. Sight to keep an old girl like me warm in the winter 😁

Could you please give me the name of those Viking singers?

DreamyScroller · 05/06/2026 18:31

Oh do get a grip.

IcedPurple · 05/06/2026 18:29

countrygirl99 · 05/06/2026 17:27

So distracted I didn't add the pic 😂

Stunning scenery.

The fjords are nice too.

JustaDream · 05/06/2026 18:29

Showing this pic to DH. He's cuter than these men but improvements can be made to him like mirroring their stance, clothing and weaponry. I do like me a bit of chauvinist posturing on a Friday evening. Grrrrrrrrr. His blue eyes are dreamy 😍

Greenwitchart · 05/06/2026 18:28

They look good!

I think people these days spend too much time looking for random things to get offended about.

Vikings are part of their history/heritage and this is just a bit of fun.

Papster · 05/06/2026 18:25

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 05/06/2026 18:17

I don’t think any nation can claim to have clean hands.

I totally agree. Hence the tongue in cheek
It seems to be the popular belief (especially from uk young), that our hands are filthy while most other nations just need to give theirs a quick wipe

canuckup · 05/06/2026 18:23

IsadoraQuagmire · 05/06/2026 17:04

I think they look lovely.

Me too 😂 😆

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PrizedPickledPopcorn · 05/06/2026 18:17

Papster · 05/06/2026 17:28

‘The Vikings were slavers, and the kidnapping, sale and forced exploitation of human beings was always a central pillar of their culture’

Tens of thousands of Britons were enslaved or sold on as slaves by Vikings.

I feel very wronged by this.

Haaland and his mates should pay restitution.

Where do I apply?

I don’t think any nation can claim to have clean hands.

AquaLeader · 05/06/2026 18:16

Crocsarentslippers · 05/06/2026 17:27

Wonderful example of the Daily Mail whipping up lefty hate.

Nobody is really bothered with this, how far did they have to delve to find someone who was?

Ragebait, and it works.

There are plenty of idiots who fall for it😁😁😁

RJMacReady · 05/06/2026 18:15

Ooh, can't we just have a little bit of pillaging...

FernandoSor · 05/06/2026 18:14

Better never go to an Amon Amarth gig, they’d have a heart attack.

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