World's Strongest Viking was an annual international

Strongman Strongman is a competitive strength sport which tests athletes' physical strength and endurance through a variety of heavy lifts and events. Strongman competitions are known for their intensity, pushing athletes to their physical and mental limit ...

competition organized by

Strongman Champions League The Strongman Champions League is a Strongman competition circuit, with several Grand Prix events throughout the year and the Strongman Champions League overall champion title going to the overall winner at the end of the season. Competitors in ...

and held for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021 with participation of top strongman athletes in the world. It was held under perilous weather conditions in winter, testing the athletes to their limits. The roots of the competition goes back to the Nordic Strongman Championships which was continued until 2013 with participation of athletes from

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. In 2014,

Giants Live Giants Live is a professional strongman tour which was originated in the United Kingdom. It hosts several prominent competitions each year, including national competitions such as Britain's Strongest Man, international competitions such as Eur ...

upscaled it to global level, renaming the competition to 'World's Strongest Viking'. In 2015, Strongman Champions League took over. The competition was held every January in

Vinstra Vinstra is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gu ...

under freezing weather conditions and with vintage Viking events. Among the most iconic events were Viking deadlift, Viking boat pull, Viking press, Viking ship mast super yoke, Hercules hold, power stairs and Atlas stones. The competitions were noted for their heavily wood crafted implements and replicating historical feats of strength. One of the most legendary moments of the competitions came in 2015 when Iceland's

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (; transliterated as Hafthor in English; born 26 November 1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman who is widely regarded as one of the greatest strength athletes of all time. He is the first and only person t ...

surpassed the historical 1,000 years old Viking ship mast (Ormrinn langi) feat of strength by carrying a , 10 metres (33 ft) long, circumference Viking ship mast on his back for 5 steps in −20 °C weather.

Championship results

*''The competitions were also known by the names

Norway in 2014 and

SCL SCL may refer to: Computing * System Control Language, of the ICL VME operating system * SC++L, the C++ standard library * Software Collections in the CentOS Linux distribution * System Command Language of the NOS/VE CDC Cyber operating syst ...

Norway from 2015 to 2021.''

World records

* Viking ship mast (Ormrinn langi) carry – , 10 m (33 ft) long, 1.41 m (4 ft 8 in) circumference log for 5 steps

(2015) * Viking Boat pull (with the sails intact) – ''harness only/ no rope'' for 25 meters 'in ice terrain' - 18.87 seconds

(2015) * Viking Boat pull (with the sails intact) – ''harness only/ no rope'' for 20 meters 'in ice terrain' - 16.12 seconds
Mika Törrö (2019) * Viking Boat pull (without the sails) – 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) ''harness only/ no rope'' for 25 meters 'in ice terrain' - 16.67 seconds
Krzysztof Radzikowski (2017) * Viking Press (for reps) – x 19 reps
Bjørn Andre Solvang (2017) * Viking Sword front hold () – 1 minute 33.01 seconds
David Nyström (2014) * Viking lumberjack tree-sledge pull – ''harness only/ no rope'' for 24 meters 'in ice terrain' - 26.06 seconds

(2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:World's Strongest Viking Strongmen competitions Recurring events established in 2014