Author Archives: Leif Haldorsen
Gendered Norse Narratives in Modern Retellings
Gendered Norse narratives are reshaping modern myth retellings, but recent scholarship asks readers to separate evidence from invention. Continue reading
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Why Toarp’s Viking-Age Great Farm Reopens Skåne’s Royal Power Landscape
A Viking-Age great farm at Toarp, on Malmö’s southeastern outskirts, is giving archaeologists a new way to examine royal authority in southern Scandinavia. The excavation does not reveal a palace, battlefield, or royal grave. Instead, it exposes houses, production areas, … Continue reading
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Viking World Exhibition: Norse Life And Cosmos
The Viking World Exhibition in Stockholm uses artifacts and sensory media to frame Norse cosmology, daily work, belief, and change. Continue reading
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Complete Norse Myths for Young Readers in 2026
Complete Norse Myths arrives in October 2026 with stories, maps, a glossary, and Viking context for readers aged 11 and older. Continue reading
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Norse Trade Influence In Recent Research
Norse trade influence is reassessed through 2026 finds from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, and biomolecular antler research. Continue reading
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Modern Viking Themes In Vikingmania! Culture
Modern Viking Themes shows how Vikingmania! shaped local culture through a 2026 book on Heathenism and a London VR saga exhibit. Continue reading
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Why Selja’s Newly Found Wall Expands Norway’s Oldest Saint Site Beyond The Ruins
Selja’s newly found wall expands Norway’s oldest saint site beyond the ruins because it moves attention away from the visible monastery alone and toward a wider medieval landscape of harbor activity, settlement, pilgrimage, bishopric organization, and daily work. On July … Continue reading
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Maine Penny And Modern Norse Heritage Debates
A cautious look at the Maine Penny, its Norse origin, disputed Maine provenance, and its role in Norse and Indigenous heritage debates. Continue reading
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Why Gunnes Gård’s Cultural Landscape Teaches Viking Farming Better Than A Village Set
Gunnes Gård’s cultural landscape teaches Viking farming better than a village set because it does not ask visitors to learn from reconstructed houses alone. The farm sits inside a landscape of graves, runestones, grazing animals, paths, stone boundaries, older remains, … Continue reading
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How Granby’s Viking Farm Foundations Make Daily Life Visible Without Costumes
Granby’s Viking farm foundations make daily life visible without costumes because the site lets visitors read a thousand-year-old farm through land, stone, house remains, graves, and runic memory. For Archaeology Day 2026, Sweden’s National Heritage Board lists Granby Hyppinge in … Continue reading
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