Welcome to the Viking Society’s website. Founded in 1892, the Viking Society for Northern Research is the world’s leading scholarly organization dedicated to the study of medieval Scandinavia and the wider Viking world.
The Society seeks to promote diversity within the scholarly community and society at large, ensuring that the study of the medieval languages, literatures, histories and cultures of the Nordic region is carried out in a welcoming environment for persons of any ethnic, racial or religious background, gender and sexual orientation. (Law-Book, 3(h))
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The 2021 Summer Meeting of the Viking Society will take place on Saturday, June 19. The meeting will be held online.
The Summer Meeting’s guest speaker will be Dr Richard Cole, University of Aarhus. Further details will shortly be posted on this site and circulated to the members of the Society.