Scandinavian Collection (page 22)

Viking bronze Weather-Vane, 10th-11th century
A viking bronze weather-vane from Soderala church, Halsingland, Sweden. Originally a vane on a viking ship - note the dragon. In the ringering style, 10th-11th century

Breakfast Time, 1887. Artist: Hanna Pauli
Breakfast Time, 1887. Found in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Portrait of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1833. Artist: Orest Kiprensky
Portrait of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1833. Thorvaldsen (c1770-1844) was a Danish Neoclassical sculptor. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Detail of the great runestone of Harald Bluetooth, 10th century
Detail of the great runestone of Harald Bluetooth, King of Denmark, made at Jelling in Denmark. The photo is of a cast, coloured as the original was

Norse dragon cross-slab from the Isle of Man, 11th century
Norse dragon cross-slab at Michael, on the Isle of Man. In Scandinavian style, interlacing the two stylised dragons at each side of the cross shaft, their heads below the ring at the cross-shaft

Viking silver cup from Jelling, 10th century
Viking silver cup from Jelling, Denmark. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 10th century

Viking pewter disc-brooch, 10th century
Viking cast pewter disc-brooch from York. It is decorated in the Jellinge style with a backwards-facing quadruped whose tongue extends and interlaces with its body and rear leg

Carved Jellinge style Viking grave-slab from York
Carved magnesian limestone Viking grave-slab from York made in the Jellinge style

Head of a Viking warrior, c9th-11th century
Head of a Viking warrior. From the National Historical Museum, Stockholm

Jons Jacob Berezelius, Swedish chemist, c1890. Berzelius (1779-1848) introduced modern chemical symbols. He discovered the elements selenium, thorium and cerium, and was first to isolate others

Viking Jellinge-style Disc-Brooch
Viking Disc-Brooch from York, in the Jellinge Style

An Anglo-Scandinavian Cross showing a warrior, c. 10th century
An Anglo-Scandinavian cross from Middleton Church, Yorkshire. It shows a Scandinavian warrior, laid out with weapons in a pagan viking burial, on the face of a Christian cross, c.10th century

Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cross-shaft showing a warrior, c. 10th century
Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cross-shaft from Middleton Church, Yorkshire. It shows a Scandinavian warrior, laid out with weapons in a pagan viking burial, on the face of a Christian cross

Viking bronze and tortoise-shell brooch, c. 8th-11th century
Viking bronze and tortoise-shell brooch from Scandinavia in the gripping-beast style, from the Ashmoleons collection, c.8th-11th century

Odin, 1890-1910. Artist: Delitz
Odin, 1890-1910. Scene from Richard Wagners (1813-1883) opera The Valkyrie, showing Odin, the king of the gods. Card published by the Liebig potted meat company

Puck helping Wayland, Smith of the Gods, to forge a sword, 1909
Puck helping Wayland, Smith of the Gods, to forge sword for the novice who, by sincerely wishing him well, released him from the spell which bound him. From Rudyard Kiplings Puck of Pooks Hill

Thor, god of thunder in the Scandinavian pantheon, wielding his hammer, 1874
Thor, son of Woden (Odin). God of thunder in the Scandinavian pantheon, Thor is shown wielding his hammer, symbolising thunder and lightning, as he reconstructed the globe

The wolf Fenris of Scandinavian mythology, 19th century

Thor riding in chariot drawn by goats and wielding his hammer
Thor, son of Woden (Odin), the second god in the ancient Scandinavian pantheon, riding in chariot drawn by goats and wielding his hammer, symbolising thunder and lightning

Thor, the second god in the ancient Scandinavian pantheon, 1834
Thor, son of Woden (Odin), the second god in the ancient Scandinavian pantheon, 1834

Norway, from Flags of All Nations, Series 1 (N9) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887

Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, early 19th century. Berzelius devised the first consistently accurate method of using the oxidation technique developed by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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