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Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and ...

were seafaring Scandinavians. Viking or Vikings may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

* ''Viking'' (comics) * ''Vikings #1'' (2013), comic book prequel to the ''

'' TV series * '' Thor: Vikings'', a comic book series

Films

* ''Viking'' (2016 film), a 2016 Russian historical film * ''Viking'' (2022 film), a 2022 Canadian science fiction comedy film * ''The Viking'' (1928 film), a color film about Viking settlers * ''The Viking'' (1931 film), a black-and-white film about a hunter * ''The Vikings'' (film), a 1958 adventure film starring Kirk Douglas

Music

Groups

Viking (band) Viking is an American thrash metal band in Los Angeles, California, which had existed for four years, between 1986 and 1990. However, they reformed in 2011. To date, Viking has released three studio albums, '' Do or Die'' (1988), '' Man of Stra ...

, a 1980s metal band * Los Vikings, a 1960 Salvadoran rock band * The Vikings (1950s quartet), a barbershop quartet * The Vikings (British band) * The Vikings (South African band), a 1959–1961 rock and roll band

Albums

* ''Viking'' (album), by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards * ''Vikings'' (album), by New Politics * ''Vikinger'', by

Danheim Danheim (real name Mike Schæfer Olsen; born in 1985, Brøndby, Denmark) is a Danish ambient and Nordic folk musician. Works and style Olsen was born in Copenhagen in 1985 and produced mostly in the electronic genre until 2016, when a stron ...

Other uses in music

* The Vikings, a 1990s side project of Norwegian band

Turbonegro Turbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian Rock music, rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock, punk rock, and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style. History Earl ...

* Hagström Viking, a guitar * Viking Records, a New Zealand independent record label

Radio

* Viking FM, a British independent radio station * The Vikings (radio program), a radio program broadcast by NBC

Television

* '' Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course'', a Japanese game show * ''Vikings'' (2012 TV series), a BBC documentary series * ''Vikings'' (2013 TV series), a historical drama series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Viking (comedy duo) is a Japanese comedy duo ( kombi) consisting of and . They are employed by Sony Music Artists and are mostly active in Tokyo. Viking are graduates of the 17th generation class at NSC Osaka. They specialize in '' conte'' and were the winners o ...

* '' Viking: Battle for Asgard'', a 2008 game for Xbox 360 and PS3 *

Viking Press Viking Press (formally Viking Penguin, also listed as Viking Books) is an American publishing company owned by Penguin Random House. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim and then acquir ...

, an American publishing company

Businesses

Manufacturers

Vehicle manufacturers

Viking Air Viking Air Ltd. is a manufacturer of aircraft, as well as aircraft parts and systems, based at Victoria International Airport in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The company produces new versions of the DHC-6 Twin Otter, upgraded ver ...

, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer * Viking Cycle Company, a British bicycle manufacturer * Viking Flying Boat Company, owned by Robert E. Gross

Other manufacturers

Viking Range Viking Range Corporation is an American appliance company that manufactures kitchen appliances for residential and commercial use, and is not to be confused with the "house brand" of appliances from the Canadian department store Eaton's which we ...

, a kitchen appliance manufacturer * Viking Enterprise Solutions, formerly Viking Technology,

Viking Interworks Sanmina Corporation is an American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider headquartered in San Jose, California that serves original equipment manufacturers in communications and computer hardware fields. The firm has nearly 80 manufa ...

and Viking Modular Solutions, a division of the electronics manufacturing services provider Sanmina Corporation *

VSM Group VSM Group AB (Viking Sewing Machines), previously named Husqvarna Sewing Machines is a company based in Huskvarna, Sweden. Founded in 1872, the company is best known for "smart" (computerized) sewing machines and sergers under the brands ''Hu ...

(Viking Sewing Machines), a sewing machine manufacturer

Transport lines

Air

* Viking Airlines, a defunct private charter airline which was based in Stockholm, Sweden * Scanair (airline call sign Viking), a defunct charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden *

Sunclass Airlines Sunclass Airlines A/S (formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia) is a Danish charter airline that operates charter services from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The company is affiliated with Ving Group, a Nordic tour operator. It and Vin ...

(airline call sign Viking), formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, based in Denmark

Maritime

Viking Line Viking Line Abp is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Viking Line is operate ...

, a Finnish shipping line * Viking River Cruises, based in Basel, Switzerland * Viking Supply Ships, a supply shipping company based in Kristiansand, Norway

Other businesses

* Hotel Royal Christiania, formerly the Hotel Viking, in Oslo, Norway

Organizations

* Independent Order of Vikings, an American fraternal organization *

Task Force Viking Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – North (CJSOTF–N), also known as Task Force Viking, was the U.S. joint task force responsible for the northern front during the initial period of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq (OIF Rotation I). ...

, a US Army formation in the Iraq War * The Vikings (reenactment), a UK-based historical reenactment society

People

* Viking (given name) * Viking (nickname)

Places

* Viking, a region of the North Sea used in the British

Shipping Forecast The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. ...

Viking, Alberta Viking () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is at the intersection of Highway 14 (Poundmaker Trail) and Highway 36 (Veterans Memorial Highway), approximately east of Edmonton. The town also lends its name to the Viking Formation, an ...

, Canada, a town * Viking, Minnesota, United States, a city * Viking, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community *

Viking Formation The Viking Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from the town of Viking, Alberta, and was first described in the Viking- Kinsella oil field by Dowling in 1919. Litho ...

, a geological feature in Canada * Viking Valley, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Sport

College and university sports

Several North American schools use the name "Vikings" for their sports teams, including: * Augustana College (Illinois) *

Augustana College (South Dakota) Augustana University is a private Lutheran university in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois Swedish-heritage sister school, Augustana College. It derive ...

Augustana University College Augustana University College was a Lutheran college in Camrose, Alberta, Canada, from 1910 until it merged in 2004 with the University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public re ...

, Alberta, Canada *

Bethany Lutheran College Bethany Lutheran College (BLC) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Mankato, Minnesota. Founded in 1927, BLC is operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The campus overlooks the Minnesota River valley in a community of 53,000. ...

, Minnesota * Cleveland State University, Ohio *

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducati ...

, Wisconsin *

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decad ...

, Oregon *

Salem State University Salem State University (Salem State or SSU) is a public university in Salem, Massachusetts. Established in 1854, it is the oldest and largest institute of higher education on the North Shore and is part of the state university system in Massa ...

, Massachusetts *

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary insti ...

, British Columbia, Canada (now named the Victoria Vikes) *

Waterloo Collegiate Institute Waterloo Collegiate Institute (WCI) is a secondary school in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school is run by the Waterloo Region District School Board. During the 2019–2020 school year, 1,475 students were enrolled at the school. It has magnet ...

, Ontario, Canada *

Western Washington University Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a pri ...

American football

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansi ...

, an American football team *

Oslo Vikings Oslo Vikings is an American football club located in Oslo, Norway, that competes in the Eliteserien of the Norges Amerikanske Idretters Forbund, and the European Federation of American Football tournaments. The club was founded in 1986 and prior ...

, a Norwegian American football team *

University of Limerick Vikings The University of Limerick Vikings are the American football team from the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland. The team currently competes in the American Football Ireland Division One. The Vikings have won three IAFL Shamrock Bowl t ...

, an Irish American football team

Association football (soccer)

FC Vestsjælland FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, was a professional Danish association football club that played in the Danish 1st Division until its closure in 2015. They played their home matches at Harboe Arena Slagelse in Slagelse, which has a c ...

, also known as FCV Vikings, a Danish football club * FC Viikingit (FC Vikings), a Finnish football club *

Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, commonly referred to as Víkingur or Víkingur Reykjavík (to distinguish them from Víkingur Ólafsvík) and internationally known as Vikingur F.C., is an Icelandic sports club based in the Fossvogur neighbourho ...

, an Icelandic football club *

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

, a Norwegian football club *

Viking Stadion Viking Stadion (currently named SR-Bank Arena for sponsorship purposes), is a football stadium in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million NOK (€20 million) to build. 50 million NOK, plus the lot it was built on, ...

, a football stadium in Stavanger, Norway *

Víkingur Gøta Víkingur is a semi-professional football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the merger of GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF. The club is based in Leirvík, while the stadium is in Norðragøta. Both villages are part of th ...

(Vikings Gøta), a football club in the Faroe Islands

Ice hockey

Dunfermline Vikings The Dunfermline Vikings were an ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. ...

, a defunct Scottish ice hockey team * Elliot Lake Vikings, a Canadian Junior A ice hockey team *

Jamestown Vikings The Jamestown Vikings were a professional ice hockey team that played in the now defunct Mid-Atlantic Hockey League. They were in Jamestown, New York at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena. Team history The league canceled the remainder of t ...

, a defunct American ice hockey team *

Nybro Vikings The Nybro Vikings is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the highest league in Sweden for two seasons 1968–69 and 1969–70 and the second highest league during the 70s and 80s and again for seven years from 2002 ...

, a Swedish ice hockey team *

Southampton Vikings The Southampton Vikings were an ice hockey team from Southampton, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest a ...

, a defunct English ice hockey team * Tønsberg Vikings, a Norwegian ice hockey club * HC Viking Tallinn, an Estonian ice hockey club * Viking Award, given to the best Swedish ice hockey player in North America *

Viking Cup The Viking Cup was a world ice hockey tournament in Camrose, Alberta. The prestigious Viking Cup international hockey tournament operated out of Camrose, with the Augustana Vikings as its host, between 1980 and 2006. The Viking Cup regularly feat ...

, a world ice hockey tournament in Camrose, Alberta, Canada * Viking IK, a defunct ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway ** Viking Hockey, Viking IK's successor

Rugby

* Bay Roskill Vikings, a New Zealand rugby league football club *

Canberra Vikings The Canberra Vikings, formerly the Canberra Kookaburras, is an Australian rugby union football team that competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team is based at Viking Park in Wanniassa, and is backed by the Tuggeranong Vikin ...

, an Australian rugby union football club *

Somerset Vikings Somerset Vikings RLFC are a rugby league team from the county of Somerset in England. They play in the West of England Rugby League. The team play at Hornets RFC Weston-super-Mare. On a full artificial pitch. In 2004/5 the Vikings became a clu ...

, an English rugby league team *

Tuggeranong Vikings The Tuggeranong Vikings are a rugby union club based in Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory. It is supported by 4 licensed clubs based in Wanniassa, Greenway, Conder, Chisholm. The club has been successful in local and national competiti ...

, an Australian rugby union club *

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two r ...

, an English rugby league club

Other sports

* Denmark Vikings, a Danish Australian rules football team * Harstad Vikings, a defunct Norwegian basketball team *

Hull Vikings The Hull Vikings were a speedway team from Hull, England, who operated primarily from The Boulevard (stadium) and Craven Park from 1971 to 2005. History The team originated as the Hull Angels and were based at Hedon Stadium in Hedon on the ...

, a speedway motorcycle team in Hull, England *

Solna Vikings Solna Vikings was a Swedish professional basketball club with a men's team and a women's team. Both played in their respective top leagues: the women in the Damligan, and the men in the Swedish Basketball League. History The Solna Vikings was f ...

, a Swedish basketball team * TIF Viking, a Norwegian sports club **

Viking Park Viking Park is an 7,000 capacity (1,000 seated) multi-sport stadium located in the Tuggeranong Valley suburb Wanniassa, Canberra, Australia. It has a rectangular playing surface which is used primarily to host rugby union matches but additional ...

, home stadium of the Tuggeranong Vikings * Victorian Vikings, an Australian field hockey team * Viking Håndball, a Norwegian handball club

Vehicles

Aircraft

* ASL Viking, a two-seater British biplane first flown in 1912 * Bellanca Viking, a four-seat American plane introduced in 1967 *

Grob Viking Grob may refer to: * Grob Aerospace, a German aircraft manufacturer * Grob fragmentation, an elimination reaction between an electrofuge and nucleofuge on an aliphatic chain * GrOb or Grazhdanskaya Oborona, a Russian punk band People with the s ...

, a Royal Air Force plane introduced in the 1980s *

Lockheed S-3 Viking The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. Because of its characteristic sound, it was nicknamed the "War Hoover" after th ...

, a U.S. Navy aircraft introduced in 1974 *

St Andrews Viking The St Andrews Viking is a family of American powered parachutes that was designed and manufactured by St Andrews Aviation of Panama City, Florida and later produced by Viking Aircraft Inc., also of Panama City.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Ai ...

, an American powered parachute design * Vance Viking, an American single-seat cargo and racing aircraft first flown in 1932 *

Vickers VC.1 Viking The Vickers VC.1 Viking is a British twin-engine short-range airliner derived from the Vickers Wellington bomber and built by Vickers-Armstrongs Limited at Brooklands near Weybridge in Surrey. After the Second World War, the Viking was a ...

, a British airliner introduced in 1946 *

Vickers Viking The Vickers Viking was a British single-engine amphibious aircraft designed for military use shortly after World War I. Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Design and development Resear ...

, a British military aircraft introduced in 1919

Land vehicles

* Viking (automobile), manufactured by Oldsmobile from 1929 to 1931 *

BvS 10 The BvS10 (''Bandvagn Skyddad'' 10) is a tracked articulated amphibious all-terrain armoured vehicle produced by BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds of Sweden. This vehicle, referred to as the All Terrain Vehicle (protected) - ATV(P) or ''Vi ...

, an all-terrain armoured vehicle called Viking by the British Armed Forces

Rockets and spacecraft

Viking (rocket) Viking was series of twelve sounding rockets designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company under the direction of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Designed to supersede the German V-2, the Viking was the most advanced large, liqui ...

, a series of sounding rockets *

Viking (rocket engine) The Viking rocket engines were members of a series of bipropellant engines for the first and second stages of the Ariane 1 through Ariane 4 commercial launch vehicles, using storable, hypergolic propellants: dinitrogen tetroxide and UH 25, a mix ...

* Viking (satellite) *

Viking program The ''Viking'' program consisted of a pair of identical American space probes, ''Viking 1'' and ''Viking 2'', which landed on Mars in 1976. Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars f ...

, two NASA missions to Mars ** ''

Viking 1 ''Viking 1'' was the first of two spacecraft, along with '' Viking 2'', each consisting of an orbiter and a lander, sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. The lander touched down on Mars on July 20, 1976, the first successful Mars la ...

'' ** ''

Viking 2 The ''Viking 2'' mission was part of the American Viking program to Mars, and consisted of an orbiter and a lander essentially identical to that of the ''Viking 1'' mission. ''Viking 2'' was operational on Mars for sols ( days; '). The ''Vi ...

Ships

Commercial and private

* ''Viking'' (barque), a Danish sailing ship, now used as a hotel * ''Viking'' (replica Viking longship), a Norwegian replica of a Viking ship * Empire ''Viking'', several Empire Ships named Viking, see

List of Empire ships (U–Z) Suffix beginning with U ''Empire Unicorn'' '' Empire Unicorn'' was a 7,067 GRT cargo ship which was built by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. Launched on 29 October 1943 and completed in December 1943. Allocated in 1945 to the French ...

* , a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet * , several motorships * , a steam-powered sealing ship used to film ''The Viking'' (1931 film) * , also named HMS ''Vindex'' *

, a Finnish ferry and cruise operator, and its ships: ** , a Viking Line fast cruise ferry ** , a planned but canceled Viking Line ferry ** ''Viking'', a passenger ferry built in 1905, later renamed HMS ''Vindex''

Naval

* , several British Royal Navy ships * HNoMS ''Viking'' (1891), a Royal Norwegian Navy gunboat * , various United States Navy ships * Viking class submarine, a planned but canceled European submarine class

Other uses

MP-446 Viking The MP-446 Viking is a 9mm semi-automatic handgun originating from Russia. Overview It was created by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant. It weighs at around when unloaded, and has a magazine capacity of 18 rounds. The pistol is a sport/civilian ...

, a Russian semi-automatic pistol * Viking Link, a planned submarine power cable between the United Kingdom and Denmark *

Viking Wind Farm Viking Wind Farm is a large on-shore wind farm under construction in the Shetland Islands which is being developed by Viking Energy, a partnership between Shetland Islands Council and SSE plc. When complete, it will have a generation capacity o ...

, a proposed Shetland Islands wind farm