italictitle File Viking SLV AllanGreen c.jpg thumb 300px Viking under the Danish flag Image Barken viking gothenburg 20051011.jpg thumb right 300px Four masted Barque Viking at Gothenburg harbour in 2005 The Viking better known by the ship type as a prefix, Barken Viking is a four masted steel barque ... ship ever built in Scandinavia. Viking was originally built as a sail training ship for the rapidly ... category Barken Vikingship, 1906 See also Grain race Moshulu Pommern ship Pommern Tall ship Windjammer ... recorded a speed record in the ship s log 15.5 knots 28.7 km h . On February the 25th ... ship. This was something of a lucky escape, because within weeks Germany would return to unrestricted ... the tall ship from the open sea, it is unlikely she ever will sail the open seas again. She participated .... Barken Viking won the Grain Race of 1948. There are only ten four masted barques and one four masted full rigged ship the Falls of Clyde ship Falls of Clyde in existence, and only five of these still sail Sedov , Kruzenshtern ship Kruzenshtern , USCGC Sea Cloud WPG 284 Sea Cloud I , Nippon Maru II , Kaiwo Maru II . A few more are still afloat and berthed in various harbors Peking ship Peking New York City , Moshulu Philadelphia , Passat ship Passat L beck , Germany , Pommern ship Pommern Mariehamn , Finland , and Viking . Viking came to Gothenburg G teborg, Sweden permanently in 1950, as a home ... in the G teborg guest harbor as hotel Barken Viking . The owner is the Liseberg amusement park. Finnish artist Lena Ringbom Lind n, one of few females on board a ship at that time, sailed on Viking on one of her voyages to Australia. She wrote of her experience in two books, Flicka p skepp Girl on Ship and Skeppet och Lena Ship and Lena . Facts o a Length overall with the bowsprit 118 m Length without ... written here, can t be correct, because the ship s weight without cargo is around 1,700 metric tonnes ... 7.000 tons displacement . The only sailing ship having displaced around 14,000 tonnes was the American ... more details
USS Viking has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to USS Viking 1898 , a converted yacht in commission from May to September 1898 and from September to October 1899 USS Viking SP 3314 , a patrol boat in service from 1918 to 1919 USS Viking ARS 1 , a rescue and salvage ship commissioned in 1942 and stricken in 1953 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Viking, Uss Category United States Navy ship names pl USS Viking ... more details
Oslo is the capital of Norway. Oslo may also refer to Oslo, Minnesota , a town in Minnesota, USA Oslo, Florida , an unincorporated community in Florida, USA Oslo band , a Californian rock band Oslo Microsoft project , Microsoft modeling project Oslo, a character in the French show Skyland Open Source and Linux Organization , a project by Hewlett Packard Optics Software for Layout and Optimization Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway, was known as Oslo until 1925 See also Oslofjord , a fiord in the south east of Norway Oslo class frigate , a class of ship design in the Royal Norwegian Navy The Oslo Accords between Israel and Palestinian representatives Oslo City shopping center disambig de Oslo Begriffskl rung it Oslo disambigua nl Oslo doorverwijspagina no Oslo andre betydninger nn Oslo fleirtyding fi Oslo t smennyssivu sv Oslo olika betydelser ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File Balder Viking in Aberdeen.jpg 300px Balder Viking in Aberdeen. Ship caption Balder Viking in Aberdeen. Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Icebreaker Balder VikingShip owner Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS Ship operator Ship registry Sk rhamn, Sweden Sk rhamn , Sweden Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 2000 Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification Ship fate Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage Ship displacement 3,382 tonnes Ship length 83.70 metres Ship beam 18.00 metres Ship height Ship draught 6.00 metres Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion 18,300 HP 13, 440 kW Ship speed convert 16 kn km h Ship capacity Ship crew 23 Ship notes imo 9199646 The Balder Viking is a icebreaker and Anchor handling tug . ref name Transatlantic2010 02 16 cite news url http www.tradingmarkets.com news press release crncf transatlantic signs contract for three of its offshore vessels 778646.html title TransAtlantic signs contract ... AHTS Icebreaker Vidar Viking Main Characteristics publisher author date accessdate 2009 02 01 quote ... 4DACTION wi alias fsDrawPage 1 144 title Vidar Viking publisher Arctic Logistics Information And Support ... 02 ref She is owned and operated by a Norway Norwegian company, Trans Viking , but she is registered in Sweden . She has two sister ships, the Tor Viking and the Vidar Viking . ref name BalderViking cite news url http siempre.arcus.org 4DACTION wi alias fsDrawPage 1 146 title Balder Viking publisher ... expedition. In February 2010 the Balder Viking , Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were chartered ... of Sweden sv Balder Viking ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File Tor Viking Drawing.png 300px Drawing of the Tor VikingShip caption The Tor Viking Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Icebreaker Tor VikingShip owner Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS Ship operator Ship registry Sk rhamn, Sweden Sk rhamn , Sweden Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 2000 Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification IMO number 9199646 Ship fate Ship status In service Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage Ship displacement 3,382 tonnes Ship length 83.70 metres Ship beam 18.00 metres Ship height Ship draught 6.00 metres Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion 18,300 HP 13, 440 kW Ship speed 16 knots Ship capacity Ship crew 23 Ship notes The Tor Viking is an icebreaker and anchor handling tug . ref name VidarViking1 cite web url http www.vikingsupply.com vess vidar spec.asp title AHTS Icebreaker Vidar Viking Main Characteristics publisher author date accessdate 2009 02 01 quote Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ... Vidar Viking publisher Arctic Logistics Information And Support author date accessdate 2009 02 01 ... Norwegian company, Trans Viking , but she is registered in Sweden . She has two sister ships, the Balder Viking and the Vidar Viking . ref name BalderViking cite news url http siempre.arcus.org 4DACTION wi alias fsDrawPage 1 146 title Balder Viking publisher Arctic Logistics Information And Support ... the Swedish Maritime Administration called for the Vidar Viking and the Tor Viking to serve as icebreakers ... 15 years. ref The vessels are chartered on a contingency bases where Trans Viking s parent company .... The contract expires in 2015. References Reflist Category Icebreakers of Sweden sv Tor Viking II ... more details
History Historical Museum Collection of Coins and Medals Ethnographic MuseumVikingShipMuseum Natural ...Infobox university name University of Oslo br The Royal Frederick University native name Universitetet i Oslo br Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet image name University of Oslo logo.png latin name Universitas ... Oslo country Norway affiliations European University Association EUA website http www.uio.no english www.uio.no The University of Oslo lang no Universitetet i Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University ... university in Norway , situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo . One of northern Europe s most ... university of oslo is on 75th place in the world ref ref http www.uniforum.uio.no nyheter 2011 08 universitetet i oslo pa 75.plass i verda.html ref The university has around 27,700 students and employs ... of Oslo, near the Nationaltheatret National Theatre , the Royal Palace, Oslo Royal Palace , and the Storting Parliament . Today the old campus is occupied by the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo ... West End of Oslo West End , erected from the 1930s. The Faculty of Medicine is split between several university hospitals in the Oslo area. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled ... of Oslo was the only university in Norway until 1946, and hence informally often known as simply .... Frederiks for short. The University of Oslo is home to five Nobel Prize winners. One of the Nobel ... of Oslo the only university to host a Nobel Prize ceremony. ref http nobelpeaceprize.org ... or Assistant Professor . At the University of Oslo, almost all new permanent positions are announced ... for Human Rights Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law File Universitetet i Oslo, midtbygningen3.JPG.JPG thumb The Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Faculty of Law . The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in this building until 1989. File Universitetet i Oslo sentrum.jpg thumb right Central campus ... Medicine Institute of Forensic Medicine Faculty Division http www.ous research.no Oslo University ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image Viking ADCC 2.jpg 300px Ship caption Publicity image of the Viking ADCC Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Viking ADCC project name Ship owner Basalease SA ref name FoF cite web url http www.faktaomfartyg.nu viking newbuilding 2007.htm title M S Viking Newbuilding 2009 accessdate 2008 05 07 date last Asklander first Micke work Fakta om Fartyg language Swedish ref Ship operator Viking Line ref name FoF Ship registry Ship route Mariehamn Kapellsk r planned ref name FoF Ship ordered 2007 01 29 ref name FoF Ship builder Astilleros de Sevilla , Seville , Spain Ship original cost Approximately 60 million ref name Nyan cite web url http www.nyan.ax ... work publisher Viking Line ref Ship sail plan Ship power W rtsil diesels br combined 20,000 kW ref ... passengers ref name FoF br 320 cars ref name FoF Ship crew Ship notes Viking ADCC A ll seasons D ay ... company Viking Line . The ship was to be built by the Spain Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Sevilla ... Rosella . ref name Order The ship order was cancelled on 2010 02 08 due to the too late delivery for the Viking ... for naming the ship was held. ref name Keel Since the ship was never delivered to Viking Line, the winner ... 29 date 2008 08 27 last Dahlblom first Patrik publisher Nya land language Swedish ref Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 2007 05 06 ref name Keel cite web url http www.vikingline.fi about ... ferry Viking ADCC accessdate 2008 05 07 date 2008 05 06 work Viking Line press release publisher Viking Line ref Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service N A Ship out of service Ship identification IMO Number 9430105 Ship fate Ship status Cancelled by Viking Line Oyj Finland Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship type ropax ferry Ship tonnage GT 16,500 first short ref name FoF Ship displacement Ship length convert 133 m ftin abbr on ref name FoF Ship beam convert 21.90 m ftin abbr on ref name FoF Ship height ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File Vidar Viking side.JPG 300px AlternateTextHere Ship caption Icebreaker Vidar Viking Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship name Icebreaker Vidar VikingShip owner Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS Ship operator Ship registry Sk rhamn, Sweden Sk rhamn , Sweden Ship route Ship ordered Ship builder Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 2000 Ship launched Ship completed Ship christened Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship identification IMO number 9199646 Ship fate Ship status In service Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tonnage Ship displacement 3,382 tonnes Ship length 83.70 metres Ship beam 18.00 metres Ship height Ship draught 6.00 metres Ship draft Ship depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship sail plan Ship power Ship propulsion 18,300 HP 13, 440 kW Ship speed 16 knots Ship capacity Ship crew 23 Ship notes The Vidar Viking is an icebreaker and anchor handling tug . ref name VidarViking1 cite web url http www.vikingsupply.com vess vidar spec.asp title AHTS Icebreaker Vidar Viking Main Characteristics ... title Vidar Viking publisher Arctic Logistics Information And Support author date accessdate 2009 ... Norwegian company, Trans Viking , but she is registered in Sweden . She has two sister ships, the Tor Viking and the Balder Viking . ref name BalderViking cite news url http siempre.arcus.org 4DACTION wi alias fsDrawPage 1 146 title Balder Viking publisher Arctic Logistics Information And Support ... the Swedish Maritime Administration called for the Vidar Viking and the Tor Viking to serve as icebreakers ... 15 years. ref The vessels are chartered on a contingency bases where Trans Viking s parent company .... The contract expires in 2015. In February 2010 the Balder Viking , Vidar Viking and Loke Viking were ... of Sweden sv Vidar Viking ... more details
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Viking , after the Vikings , whilst another Viking was in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy HMS Viking 1909 HMS Viking was a Tribal class destroyer 1905 Tribal class destroyer launched in 1909 and sold for scrap in 1919. She was the only six funnelled vessel to serve in the Royal Navy. HMNZS Viking 1937 HMNZS Viking was a training ketch, known to have been in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy between 1937 and 1945. HMS Viking P69 HMS Viking was a British V class submarine V class submarine launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1946 and renamed HNoMS Utv r HNoMS Utv r . She was sold in 1964. See also HMS Gay Viking HMS Gay Viking was a motor gun boat launched in 1943 and sunk in a collision in 1945. She was originally ordered for the Turkish Navy but was taken over by the Royal Navy due to World War II . HMS Vindex 1915 HMS Vindex was a Royal Navy seaplane carrier of the World War I First World War . She had been built in 1905 by Armstrong Whitworth as the Viking , a fast passenger ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet . Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Viking, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Image TuneShip.jpg thumb 300px Tune ship at the VikingShipMuseum The Tune ship Tuneskipet is a Viking era ship exhibited in the VikingShipMuseum in OsloVikingShipMuseum in Bygd y , Oslo . The karv type ship was found at Haugen farm on Rolvs y in Tune, Norway Tune , stfold , Norway . The ship was built around AD 900, and is made of clinker boat building clinkered oak planks. It was found in a boat burial mound Norwegian B thaugen , from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound or barrow . The site was excavated by archaeologist Oluf Rygh in 1867. The ship is fragmentary, but may have been up to 22 m long. It is 4.35 m wide and would have had 11 or 12 pairs of oars. The length of the keel is ca 14 metres. It is of rugged construction with naturally grown ribs, thick crossbeams and a solid gunwale . External links commons category http home.online.no joeolavl viking tuneskipet.htm Tune Ship website http www.khm.uio.no vikingskipshuset index eng.html VikingShipMuseum website http www.khm.uio.no utstilling faste vikingskipene tune eng.html Kulturhistorisk museum http www.drakt.org Viking Tune.html Tune ship picture gallery Ship burial customs in Germanic paganism coord 59.2792 N 11.0028 E source kolossus nowiki display title DEFAULTSORT Tune Ship Category Viking Age Category Archaeological sites in Norway Category Ships preserved in museums Category Ship burials Norway hist stub Euro archaeology stub ca Vaixell de Tune de Tuneschiff es Barco de Tune eu Tune ontzia fr Bateau de Tune it Nave di Tune hu Tunei haj no Tuneskipet nn Tuneskipet ru ... more details
frame Modern replica of a Viking longship further2 Vikingship , Viking Age arms and armour The Vikings ... the enemy ship could be easily boarded. The roping technique allowed Viking crews to remain strong in numbers and act as a unit, but this uniformity also created problems. A Vikingship in the line ...Scandinavia History of Scandinavia Refimprove date June 2011 Viking Age is the term for the period in European ... centuries. ref name VN http www.britannica.com eb article 39302 Norway The Viking Age from the Norway ... The Viking Age from the Denmark article at Encyclop dia Britannica ref ref http www.britannica.com eb article 29850 Sweden The Viking Age from the Sweden article at Encyclop dia Britannica ref Scandinavian Norsemen Norse Viking s explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings ... In England the Viking Age began dramatically on 8 June 793 ref name Swanton Swanton, Michael. The Anglo ... or carried away as slave s along with the church treasures. Three Viking ships had beached in Portland ... rather than a piratical raid. Lindisfarne was different. The Viking devastation of Northumbria s Holy ... wolves among sheep . The first challenges to the many anti Viking images in Britain emerged in the 17th century. Pioneering scholarly works on the Viking Age began to reach a small readership in Britain. Archaeologists began to dig up Britain s Viking past. Linguistic enthusiasts started to work on identifying Viking Age origins for rural idioms and proverbs. The new dictionaries of the Old ... historical sources, but the Viking Age was regarded as a barbaric and uncivilised period in the history of the Nordic countries. Until recently the history of the Viking Age was largely based ... 0 19 820526 0 ref Historical background Image Faroe stamp sheet 406 408 viking voyages.jpg right thumb Viking Voyages in the North Atlantic The Vikings who invaded western and eastern Europe were chiefly ... the Viking Age. The North Sea rovers were traders, colonisers and explorers as well as plunderers ... more details
Vicke Viking is a series of children s book by Swedish author Runer Jonsson . Plot overview The books main character is Vicke Vicky in English , son of Halvar, chief of the Viking village of Flake. Unlike his village fellows including most of the other boys of his age Vickie is blessed with a sharp and imaginative mind which helps him and his fellow Vikings out of many tight situations, including rival Viking lord Sven the Terrible. Characters Vickie , the series titular character, a boy of about 10 years of age. He is very timid and has a special fear of wolves, but his brains eventually help him solve any problem he s confronted with. Halvar , Vickie s father and chief of Flake. A rather braggish character who prefers to solve problems with brawns, but who has since learned to listen to and value Vickie s ideas. Tjure and Snorre , two Vikings in Halvar s crew who constantly quarrel about anything despite or maybe because of the fact that they really care deeply about each other. Urobe , the oldest Viking in Halvar s crew. While he is rather old and not as imaginative as Vickie, he is quite knowledgeable in sagas and legend lore, and he is respected as a fair judge and mediator. Faxe is the biggest and strongest, but also the slowest, of Flake s Vikings who enjoys a close big brother ... the position of the lookout on Halvar s ship. Ulme , a rather neat person who considers himself ... intellectually he is clearly Vickie s inferior. Sven the Terrible , a vicious Viking pirate who ... second in command. Books Vicke Viking 1963 Vicke Viking lurar de r d gda 1965 Vicke Viking Hederskung 1966 Vicke Viking i Vinland 1967 Vicke Viking hos burduserna 1969 Vicke Viking st rtar tyrannerna ... Vicky the Viking , which enjoyed a tremendrous success in the European children TV networks. A German movie adaptation of the stories by Michael Herbig , titled Vicky the Viking film Vicky the Viking ... Vicke Viking sv Vicke Viking ... more details
Cleanup date April 2011 Infobox Borough official name Bydel Sentrum type Borough image shield Oslo komm.svg image map Oslo sentrum.png image skyline Oslo S aerial.jpg image caption Aerial photo of Sentrum. The Center is located on the bottom right side of the picture and the Waterfront with the Oslo Opera Opera is located near the top. On the left side of the picture is Barcode Project Oslo Barcode . In the middle of the picture is the railway lines with the Oslo Central Station . latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E coordinates display inline,title coordinates region NO subdivision ... name2 Oslo iso code ISO 3166 2 NO NO 030116 leader title Governor leader name area total km2 ... Postgirobygget and Oslo Plaza The Plaza . Oslos Oslo Central Station Central Station is located on the eastern side of the borough. Sentrum consists of Bj rvika which has a history as Oslo s main harbor. The area is know being rebuilt with modern high rises consisting of the Barcode Project Oslo Barcode ... near what was once a harbor is now a cultural center and where the Oslo Opera House is located. An artificial ... Munch Stenersen Munch Museum which will replace the current one at Munch Museum T yen will most likely ... east of the upcoming Munch Museum. The Center The tallest buildings in the city are located in the innermost part of Sentrum. Oslo Spektrum Spektrum is located here. Spektrum is one of the major staging facilities in Oslo . Sentrum is located near the Oslo Plaza Plaza . Several media companies ... in Postgirobygget building Postgirobygget and TV Norge . An entrance to the Oslo Central Station is located here and Oslo Bus Terminal is being rebuilt and currently serves at the main bus terminal in the city. Oslo City is a large shopping mall located near Spektrum . It is a large mall and currently the third largest mall in the Oslo district. Oslo coord missing Norway Category Boroughs of OsloOslo geo stub da Sentrum Oslo et Sentrum fr Sentrum Oslo no Sentrum Oslo ... more details
s name and logo a Vikingship drawn by Rockwell Kent were meant to evoke the ideas of exploration and enterprise implied by the word Viking . The house has been home to many prominent authors of fiction, non fiction, and play scripts. Five Viking authors have been awarded Nobel Prize for Literature Nobel Prizes for Literature and one received the Nobel Peace Prize Viking books have also won numerous Pulitzer Prizes , National Book Award s, and other important literary prizes. As of 2011 Viking ...primary sources date March 2008 Infobox publisher image File Viking press logo.jpg parent Penguin Group status founded 1925 founder Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim successor country United States headquarters New York City distribution keypeople publications topics genre imprints Pamela Dorman revenue numemployees nasdaq url URL http us.penguingroup.com Viking Press is an American publishing company As of 2011 lc on owned by the Penguin Group , which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded ... fiction and acclaimed literary fiction and non fiction. Viking s literary paperbacks are published by Penguin Books, while its commercial paperbacks are published by Signet Books or Putnam Books . Viking s current president is Clare Ferraro . The Viking Children s Book department was established in 1933 its founding editor was May Massee . Viking Kestrel was one of its imprint s. Its books have ... by Puffin Books , which includes the Speak and Firebird Books Firebird imprints. Viking Children s current president and publisher is Regina Hayes . Notable authors Viking Press has published books ... links http us.penguingroup.com static html aboutus adult viking.html Viking Press history at Penguin Group Penguin http us.penguingroup.com static html aboutus youngreaders vikingyr.html Viking ... in New York Category Publishing companies established in 1925 Category Pearson PLC ca Viking Press de Viking Press es Viking Press it Viking Press ru Viking Press fi Viking Press ... more details
The Viking Trilogy is a trilogy of juvenile historical novels by Henry Treece . They are Viking s Dawn , The Road to Miklagard and Viking s Sunset . Treece wrote several juvenile historical novels, some set during the viking era, and this trilogy is regarded as among his best. ref http www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com treece.html article on Treece s writing ref The three novels describe the adventures of Harald Sigurdson, a Norwegian people Norwegian viking. He goes on three voyages, which between them are representative of the various voyages which were made by the Vikings, and which take place at different stages in his life. Viking s Dawn Harold is an adolescent who sails with his father on a raid to Scotland. They come to grief on an island in the Hebrides . The Road to Miklagard Harald is now a young man whose father has died. He has a complicated series of adventures which takes him to a giant s treasure cave in Ireland, then Jebel Tarik Gibraltar , then to Miklagard the Viking s name for Constantinople where he joins the famous Varangian Guard . Eventually Harald returns home to Norway via the great ship portage on the Dnieper . Viking s Sunset Harald is now a mature man who enjoys a peaceful life of farming with his wife and sons. When his village is attacked, he forms a crew of vikings and pursues the raiders. The chase leads him across the Atlantic Ocean to the east coast of America. He and his crew encounter Inuit and then Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native Americans . Harald s final fight takes place among the native tribes. In a great battle, it is revealed that he is a berserker . Significant scenes include the death of one of the raiders, Havlock Ingolfsson, whom Harald abandons to die on a skerry , and Harald s death at the hands of Heome, the mad handless brother of heroic Wawasha. The brothers have similarities with Loki and Balder respectively ... Category Children s historical novels Category Novels set in the Viking Age ... more details
Malaysia n cruise ship operator Star Cruises . In 1995 SF Line changed their name into Viking Line ... Helsinki pier.jpg thumb left 2008 built fast cruiseferry MS Viking XPRS , the first newbuilt ship ... release publisher Viking Line language Finnish ref The first new ship built for Viking Line since Slite ... FoF XPRS A second new ship was ordered in January 2007, when Viking Line announced that they had placed ... features from Caribbean cruise ship s to Viking Line vessels, as well as begin selling Viking s routes ... publisher Viking Line accessdate 2010 10 25 ref Two months later, the formal order for the new ship ...Infobox company company name Viking Line Abp company logo Image Viking Line wordmark.svg center 200px ... report09 10.pdf Viking Line annual report 2009 2010, retrieved 2011 04 04 ref industry Shipping ... VikingLine.fi Viking Line is a Finland Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferry ... . Viking Line shares are quoted on the Helsinki Stock Exchange . Viking Line is operated from the land Islands . Company history File Steam ShipViking 1963.jpg thumb upright left Sun deck of the original SS Viking 1924 6 , photographed in 1963. Early years 1959 1966 Viking Line s history can ... her SS Viking 1924 6 and began service on the route Korpo Finland Mariehamn land Gr dd Sweden . ref name 40 years http www.vikingline.fi. about history 40 years.asp Viking Line 40 Years of Ferry ... Eliasson, Thor Alf Viking Line i backspegeln , pages 18 20. Mariehamns Tryckeri Viking Line 2005. No ISBN ... and Mariehamn. ref name Nisch sv icon Eliasson, Thor Alf Viking Line i backspegeln , pages 22 23. Mariehamns Tryckeri Viking Line 2005. No ISBN code ref In 1962, a disagreement caused a group of people ... and in the end of July 1966 Viking Line was established as a marketing company for all three companies ... sv icon Eliasson, Thor Alf Viking Line i backspegeln , pages 26 27. Mariehamns Tryckeri Viking Line ... , retrieved 12 October 2007 ref 1967 1985 Because Viking Line was only a marketing company, each owner ... more details
unreferenced date August 2009 Infobox Borough official name Bydel Gamle Oslo type Borough image shield Oslo komm.svg image map Oslo gamleoslo.png image skyline latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E coordinates display inline,title coordinates region NO subdivision type Country subdivision name Norway subdivision type2 List of towns and cities in Norway City subdivision name2 Oslo iso code ISO 3166 2 NO NO 030101 leader title Governor leader name area total km2 7.45 area footnotes area rank area note population as of 2004 population total 34,140 population footnotes population rank population note population density km2 auto timezone1 Central European Time CET utc offset1 1 timezone1 DST Central European Summer Time CEST utc offset1 DST 2 website http www.bgo.oslo.kommune.no bgo.oslo.kommune.no Gamle Oslo is a borough of the city of Oslo , Norway . The name means Old Oslo . The borough has several landmarks and large parks, including the Edvard Munch Museum, the Botanical Gardens and a medieval park. During the time that present Oslo was named Oslo Christiania , this area was called Oslo. Neighborhoods of Oslo belonging to this borough are Gr nland Street Gr nland T yen V lerenga Kampen, Norway Kampen Gamlebyen Oslo Gamlebyen Ensj Etterstad Valle Hovin Helsfyr Ekebergskr ningen The borough also includes islands and islets in the Oslofjord Kavringen , Nakholmen , Lind ya , Hoved ya , Bleik ya , Gressholmen , Ramberg ya , Lang yene and Heggholmen . In the municipal election of 2007 all borough councils became elective, until then most had been appointed by the city council. Labour became the largest party with 5 representatives, the Socialist Left have 3, the Conservatives ... of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo gallery Oslo coord missing Norway Category Boroughs of OsloOslo geo stub da Gamle Oslo de Gamle Oslo et Gamle Oslo linnaosa es Gamle Oslo fr Gamle Oslo nl Gamle Oslo no Bydel Gamle Oslo ru sv Gamle Oslo ... more details
say it is derived from the archetypal Vikingship . ref O Barco Poveiro Oct vio Lixa Filgueiras, 1 ...morefootnotes date July 2010 Image Viking Expansion.svg thumb right 300px Map showing area of Scandinavian ... denotes areas subjected to frequent Viking raids. Imagefact date May 2008 Image Nicholas Roerich, Guests from Overseas.jpg thumb right 300px Guest from Overseas . Nicholas Roerich . 1901 The Viking ... day L Anse aux Meadows , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. Motivation The motives driving the Viking ... . Vikings and other pagans wanted to avenge ref Rudolf Simek, The emergence of the Viking age circumstances ... Simek confirm that it is not a coincidence if the early Viking activity occurred during the reign of Charlemagne ref Rudolf Simek, the emergence of the Viking age circumstances and conditions , The vikings ... ref Fran ois Xavier Dillmann , Viking civilisation and culture. A bibliography of French language ..., 16, 18, 24, 33, 34 and 38. ref Another common theory posits that the Viking population had Overpopulation ... acquire wives . ref James H. Barrett, What caused the Viking Age? Antiquity Volume 82 Number 317 September 2008 , 671 685 http dsc.discovery.com news 2008 09 17 viking women.html Viking Age Triggered ... right thumb The Ravager br John Charles Dollman . 1909 Viking settlements in Ireland and Great ... and British women are mentioned in old texts on the founding of Iceland , indicating that the Viking ... population indicates that Viking family units were the norm among the migrants to these areas. Genetic studies of the population in Iceland and the Western Isles Isle of Skye show that Viking settlements ... hdy journal v95 n2 full 6800695a.html Heredity Human migration Reappraising the Viking Image ... given for a Viking raid is 789 when, according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , three ships from Norway ... treasures. Citation needed date November 2007 After repeated Viking raids, the monks Durham Cathedral ... and his successors were able to drive back the Viking frontier and retake York. In 886, the Treaty of Alfred ... more details
File Viking 10.jpg thumb The Viking 10 rocket, finally flown 7 May 1954. The Viking rocket series of sounding ... of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NRL . Twelve Viking rockets flew from 1949 to 1955. ref The Viking Rocket Story , by Milton W. Rosen, Harper & Brothers, NY, 1955. Rosen, the NRL project manager for Viking , describes the project s context, history, design, and includes chapters on all flights through Viking 11, with an outline of basic design issues for large liquid rockets, together ... to Viking. The intent was both to provide an independent U.S. capability in rocketry, to continue the Hermes ..., 3rd Edition, Viking Press, New York, 1951, p. 250ff. ref limiting the potential speed and altitude ... , chose to build the advanced sounding rocket. Milton Rosen , head of the Viking project, credits rocket ... influence they had on the design of the rocket. ref Rosen, p. 28 ref The Viking was the most ... Co., New York, 1969, p. 151 ref Design features The Viking was roughly half the size, in terms of mass ... into the engine. Viking pioneered important innovations over the V 2. One of the most significant for rocketry ... for the time. Flight history All except Viking 4 were flown from White Sands Missile Range White Sands , New Mexico. The first launch, of Viking 1, on 3 May 1949 came after a very prolonged and trying .... Viking 2, flown 6 September 1949, also suffered early engine cut off for the same reason as Viking ... than bolted together, solving the problem. Viking 3, 9 February 1950, suffered from instability in a redesigned ... the range. Altitude was again only convert 50 mi km . Viking 4, on 11 May 1950, launched from the deck ... to that of Vikings 1 and 2. Viking 5, 21 November 1950 reached convert 108 mi km . Engine thrust was about 5 low, or altitude would have been slightly higher. Viking 6, 11 December 1950, suffered catastrophic ... very large drag. Altitude was therefore only convert 40 mi km . Viking 7, 7 August 1951 ... and last flight of the original airframe design. Viking 8, 6 June 1952, first rocket of improved ... more details
Viking Mestad born 1930 is a Norwegian banker and politician for the Liberal Party of Norway Liberal Party . From 1972 to 1973 he served as a State Secretary Norway State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs Ministry of Government Administration and Consumer Affairs as a part of the cabinet Korvald . ref cite web url http www.regjeringen.no en The Government previous governments the structure of the registry governments modern times governments since 1945 lars korvalds government 1972 1973.html?id 438724 title Lars Korvald s Government publisher Government.no language Norwegian accessdate 9 March 2009 ref He was also a member of Oslo city council in the early 1970s. ref cite news title Oslo bystyre last first date 27 April 1971 work Verdens Gang language Norwegian ref He is a cand.jur. by education, and was hired in the Norges Bank Bank of Norway in 1962. In 1986 he was promoted from the position as head of the administration department to become director of the secretariat of the board Hovedstyresekretariatet . ref cite news title Eksportutsending Petter Johansen last first date 21 April 1986 work Aftenposten language Norwegian ref Mestad was a proponent of the Nynorsk written form of Norwegian. ref cite news title No skal Vinje kvernast last Fyllingsnes first Ottar date work Dag og Tid language Norwegian ref From 1977 to 1997 he was the chair official chair of the theatre Det Norske Teatret . He was succeeded by Berge Furre . ref cite news title Furre ny styreleder p Det Norske Teatret last first date 28 April 1997 work Aftenposten ... ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mestad, Viking ALTERNATIVE ... Mestad, Viking Category 1930 births Category Living people Category Norwegian bankers Category Liberal Party Norway politicians Category Norwegian state secretaries Category Oslo politicians Norway politician 1930s stub no Viking Mestad nn Viking Mestad ... more details
the Swedish king, Norwegians started looking back to their Viking era kings and sagas. In 1867, the first Vikingship to be unearthed, the Tune ship was excavated in stfold , Norway . The ship provided ... translations of the Edda notably Peder Resen s Edda Islandorum of 1665 . The word Viking was introduced ... to raid and pillage. The word Viking in the sense in which it is commonly used is derived from the Old ... Clarendon Press, 1887 ref Norway The rediscovery of the Viking past began in Norway during the 19th ... led to a higher consciousness about the Viking past in Norway. For example, the only complete Viking Age arms and armour Viking helmet ever to be found was also excavated in Norway. Denmark Danish ... Dansk biografisk Lexikon ref Sweden and Finland The term Viking was popularized with positive connotations, by Erik Gustaf Geijer at the beginning of the 19th century. His poem The Viking Vikingen appeared in the first issue of the Swedish periodical, Iduna . The word Viking was taken to refer to romanticized ... Viking culture. This renewed interest of the Romanticism of a historic past had political implications ... Nordic influences further enhanced the Romanticism of the Viking era during that time. Wagner s Der ... of the Viking impact on the countryside, though the numerous placenames of Danes Camp ref The Iron ... Hall, Viking Archaeology series Shire Archaeology , 2010 7. ref Following the 17th century first ..., identifying as Viking remains Iron Age hill fort s and even Stonehenge and exemplified by the antiquarian ... English poems extolling Viking virtues, such as Thomas Warton the elder Thomas Warton s Runic Odes ... s are widely reported see Viking Use of skulls as drinking vessels . ref we drain Of Kings in furious ... to the American popular attention the idea that Viking explorers discovered the New World and was the originator ... I8 Page 23 ref See also Asatru Scandinavism Viking metal Viking Society for Northern Research References ... Foote, Peter Godfrey and D. M. Wilson 1990 The Viking Achievement The Society and Culture of Early ... more details
vickers.html Vickers Viking entry at the Lancaster Museum website http www.airforce.forces.gc.ca ...For the post World War II twin engine airliner Vickers VC.1 Viking This article is a part of Wikipedia .... Infobox Aircraft Begin name Viking Vulture Vanellus image File Vickers Viking left quarter view.jpg caption The Vickers Viking prototype in 1919 Infobox Aircraft Type type Biplane amphibian manufacturer ... 1919 in aviation 1919 1923 in aviation 1923 number built 31 Viking br 2 Vulture br 1 Vanellus unit cost variants with their own articles The Vickers Viking was a United Kingdom British single engine amphibious ..., p. 1646. ref Image Vickers Viking right quarter view.jpg right thumb A Royal Air Force Vickers Viking V File Vickers Viking IV flying boat G CYEZ of the RCAF1926.jpg right thumb A Vickers Viking IV ... EASC, known as the Viking II , had a greater wing span and a 360 hp Rolls Royce Eagle VIII motor. The Viking III machine, piloted by Captain Stan Cockerell, won first prize in the amphibian class in Air Ministry competitions held in September and October, 1920. The Type 54 Viking IV incorporated ... IV Vikings had a Napier Lion engine. ref Milberry 1979, p. 30. ref The next version was the Viking ... wing structure using the 450 hp 340 kW Napier Lion would have been the Viking VI Vickers ... G EBGO crashed. Vickers salvaged a large proportion. The Viking Mark VII Type 83 in Vickers numbering ... Seagull 1921 Supermarine Seagull design. Operational history The last Viking amphibians were built during 1923, but the name was re used for the twin engine Vickers VC.1 Viking VC.1 Viking ... RAF and other air arms. Some Viking amphibians were built by Canadian Vickers Limited, a subsidiary company in Montreal with no previous aircraft manufacturing experience. Their involvement with the Viking ... That Time Forgot 1977 is displayed at Brooklands Museum in Surrey. Operators ARG Argentine Air Force Argentine Naval Aviation four Type 84 Viking IV delivered in 1923. River Plate Aviation Company ... more details
unreferenced date May 2008 Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image caption character name Viking Prince publisher DC Comics debut The Brave and the Bold 1 August 1955 creators Robert Kanigher writer br Joe Kubert artist alter ego Jon Haraldson full name alliances King Rikk father according to one legend br Ailsa sister according to one legend br Asa wife br Five Warriors from Forever aliases optional actual identities the character uses, not nicknames supports optional powers No superpowers, has all the skills and abilities of a fully trained knight. The Viking Prince is a fictional Viking ..., the son of King Rikk. The Viking Prince continued to appear in The Brave and the Bold until 26 Jul 1959 . In Our Army at War 162 Jan 1966 Sergeant Rock found the Viking Prince in a glacier. He was defrosted ... only return to his love if he died a heroic death. However, Odin also made the Viking Prince invunerable ... through a time warp, rather than being frozen. The Viking Prince was part of the Epoch DC Comics Lord of Time s Five Warriors from Forever in Justice League of America 159 160. The Viking Prince ... story, Frozen Hell for a Viking was written by Kanigher and drawn by Jan Duursema , a graduate of Kubert ... a legend describing Prince Jon s encounter with a Viking Batman. In Birds of Prey comic book Birds ... Jon Haraldson , the Viking Prince, who is one of the Viking explorers who have discovered Vinland , and they have ... for Dinah, but apparently survives, later being described as mourning a love lost to time . The Viking ... history find themselves on a mysterious island. Other versions DC The New Frontier The Viking Prince ... Arrow alongside King Faraday fight them off. Wonder Woman ensures that he gets a proper Viking funeral by having his corpse and ship sent into the sun. The still images accompanying the origin ... Viking Prince at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe http www.dcuguide.com who.php?name ... Category Characters created by Joe Kubert Category Characters created by Robert Kanigher de Viking Prince ... more details
Viking Stavanger may refer to Viking FK , a association football club from Stavanger Viking H ndball , a team handball club from Stavanger disambig ... more details
Image VikingQuestPoster.jpg thumb right Viking Quest poster Viking Quest is a fictional TV show within ... Drama , outside of the show. Within the Entourage fictional universe universe , Viking Quest ... , Viking Quest aired in 1997 on the Sci Fi Channel United States Sci Fi channel . ref http www.givememyremote.com ... Chase ref The complete series was later released on DVD . ref http www.vikingquestgame.com dvd Viking Quest The DVD Box Set ref ref http www.vikingquestgame.com dvd notreal.aspx Viking Quest The Most ... 2009 07 19 ref In 2008, Viking Quest was re released as a Special Edition DVD and promoted with a video ... viking quest section entourage num 1220391523468 title Entourage 20Drama 20vents 20about 20the ... the new Viking Quest video game ref The show s tagline is From the past... comes a warrior of the future. ref This can be seen on a Viking Quest poster in the episode I Love You Too Entourage I Love You ... His ship is called the Gokstad a reference to the Gokstad ship . ref Johnny refers to this in the episode ... episodes of Viking Quest . She then went on to star in a spin off series called Angel Quest , which ran 5 times longer than Viking Quest . ref Eric mentions this in the episode I Love You Too Entourage ... Set during the mid 10th Century AD in the Orkney Islands , Viking Quest follows the exploits of Viking ... his debt to Vali. Episodes Viking Quest ran for one season of 22 episodes. ref In the episode The Review Entourage The Review , Johnny mentions that Viking Quest ran for a full 22 . ref In episode ... casestudies vikingquest Fuel Industries Viking Quest Case Study . Retrieved 2009 10 10. ref produced a Viking Quest game website as part of a marketing campaign for the 5th season of Entourage . ref cite web last Fritz first Ben title HBO launches Viking Quest game publisher Variety magazine ... The site features a Adobe Flash Flash game, and claims that a Viking Quest game is coming soon to consoles ... Viking Quest Game ref See also List of fictional television shows References refs 2 External links http ... more details
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