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an old village by the water with mountains in the background and boats on the water

a drawing of a building with many windows and roof sections, including the second floor

Viking longhouse

an image of a map with different colored areas in the middle and on the far side

Norwegian petty kingdoms ca. 820-Norwegian petty kingdoms c. AD 820 at the death of Gudrød the Hunter. The most important kingdoms were Vestfold (red), Hålogaland (purple), Alvheim (yellow) and Agder (green).

two teepees sitting next to each other on the ground in front of trees

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I really like the idea of having a little rain/wind break off the front or back of the tent....

Turf Houses in the Viking Age

a long article about Viking turf houses, great info to share with Vinnlig Stamme

an illustrated diagram showing the parts of a wooden structure with instructions for each section labeled

Viking house

four different types of houses with grass roofs

Viking houses

several boats are lined up on the shore with people standing around them and one boat is in the water

Viking longboat construction - note the skeleton is constructed first then the body around it.

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The Viking-age Fylki (Petty kingdoms) in Norway before the unification. by jkvatterholm: Important! This is the “de jure” regions so to say. A petty king might have power in 2 or 3 of them, or they might be divided in various ways. The fylki are mostly a kind of administrative grouping, and they survived into the time of medieval Norway and beyond. The fylki had in the beginning mostly a þing each, but some went for further cooperation made bigger multi-fylki þings

a large stone with writing on it sitting in the middle of some snow covered ground

Perhaps the oldest Viking rune stone found in Södermanland, the vertical rune lines and lack of ornamentation tell us that this stone's inscription is from the second half of the 900s. Originally found inside a burial mound in 1856, this stone had probabl

Long House cross section

Långhus viking

an image of a village with different types of buildings

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Viking town of Sliasthorp - According to texts from the 8th century, the town served as the centre of power for the first Scandinavian kings. Description from pinterest.com. I searched for this on bing.com/images