A routine metal-detecting outing along Norway’s central coast has led to the discovery of a rare and striking Viking Age ...

Norway's Viking Age landscapes including ship burial mounds could soon earn global recognition if authorities get their way.

Vikings in Norway were more violent towards each other than previously thought, according to a new study that sheds more light on rules and their enforcement in these early European societies. Until ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

Viking age people who lived in what is now Norway were far more likely to be violently killed than Viking age people who lived in Denmark, a new analysis reveals. The findings were surprising to the ...

Silver was the Vikings’ treasure of choice. Their affinity for the metal gives discoveries of silver artifacts significant ...

An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between neighboring Viking societies. These bones came from all over Norway—from the ...

TRONDHEIM, Norway --In the Land of 10,000 lakes, some Minnesotans celebrate ties to Norway and the ways of the Vikings. Driving along the highway from Trondheim, Norway to the border of Sweden ...

Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

A 115-foot oaken sailing craft with an ominous dragon for a figurehead set sail from Haugesund, Norway, last week en route to Duluth and other North American ports timed for summer festivals. The ...

Viking and the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) have announced a long-term agreement making Viking the main sponsor for ...