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Viking Age Norway: 700–1100

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Norway · 700–1100 · exact time + place

Era of seafaring warriors, explorers, and mythology that left a deep mark on Northern European history and literature. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Norway and 700–1100 already set.

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10 famous Viking Age stories

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 12 books, 15 movies, 3 TV shows and 4 games set in Norway.

Vikings

Vikings

tvshow

The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a…

Setting: ScandinaviaTime Period: Viking Age
Vinland Saga

Vinland Saga

tvshow

For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood…

Setting: Scandinavia; EnglandTime Period: Viking Age
The 13th Warrior

The 13th Warrior

Touchstone Pictures
movie

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland Ahmad ibn Fadlan finds himself in the company of Vikings. While the behavior of the Norsemen initially offends ibn Fadlan the more cultured outsider grows to respect the…

Setting: Volga River, Russia; ScandinaviaTime Period: 10th Century
Sky in the Deep

Sky in the Deep

by Adrienne Young
book

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on…

Setting: NorwayTime Period: 800
Outlander

Outlander

Ascendant Pictures-Rising Star-VIP Medienfonds 4-Virtual Films-Outlander Productions
movie

During the reign of the Vikings a man from another world crash-lands on Earth bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.

Setting: Fantasy: NorwayTime Period: Viking Age
The Vikings

The Vikings

United Artists-Bavaria Film-Curtleigh Productions-Brynaprod S.A.
movie

Einar brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne tangles with Eric a wily slave for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.

Setting: England; ScandinaviaTime Period: Viking Age
Valhalla Rising

Valhalla Rising

Nimbus Film-BBC Film-La Belle Allee Productions-NWR Film Productions-One Eye Production-Savalas Audio Post-Production
movie

Scandinavia 1000 AD. For years One Eye a mute warrior of supernatural strength has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are a boy slave One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape…

Setting: Scandinavia; North AmericaTime Period: 1000 AD
Pathfinder

Pathfinder

Carolco Pictures-Filmkameratene
movie

Around the year 1000 AD warlike people the so-called "tjuder" roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area including the parents and their little daughter the family's teenage son Aigin…

Setting: ScandinaviaTime Period: 1000 AD
The Last Light of the Sun

The Last Light of the Sun

by Guy Gavriel Kay
book

In his eagerly awaited new novel, Guy Gavriel Kay turns his gaze to the northlands, brilliantly evoking the Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic cultures of a turbulent age.There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The…

Setting: Scandinavia; England; Celtic LandsTime Period: Viking Age
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

game

From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness.Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting…

Setting: Denmark; Norway; SwedenTime Period: Viking Age

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