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The Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians engaged in exploring, raiding and trading in waters and lands outside of Scandinavia from the eighth to eleventh centuries.
Viking or Vikings may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics
- Viking (comics)
- Vikings #1 (2013), comic book prequel to the Vikings TV series
- Thor: Vikings, a comic book series
Films
- Viking (film), a 2016 Russian historical film
- The Viking (1928 film), a color film about Viking settlers
- The Viking (1931 film), a black-and-white film about a hunter
- The Vikings (1958 film), an adventure film starring Kirk Douglas
Music
Groups
- Viking (band), a 1980s metal band
- Los Vikings (band), a 1960 Salvadoran rock band
- The Vikings (1950s quartet), a barbershop quartet
- The Vikings (radio program), a 1920s vocal quartet
- The Vikings (South African band), a 1959-1961 rock and roll band
Albums
- Viking (album), by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
- Vikings (album), by New Politics
Other uses in music
- The Vikings, a 1990s side project of Norwegian band Turbonegro
- Hagström Viking, a guitar
Radio
- Viking FM, a British independent radio station
- Viking 2 (radio), a sister station to Viking FM
Television
- Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course, a Japanese game show
- Vikings (2013 TV series), a 2013 historical drama series
- Vikings (TV documentary series), a 2012 BBC documentary series
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Viking: Battle for Asgard, a 2008 game for Xbox 360 and PS3
- Viking Press, an American publishing company
- Viking Records, a New Zealand independent record label
Businesses
Manufacturers
Vehicle manufacturers
- Viking Air, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer
- Viking Cycle Company, a British bicycle manufacturer
- Viking Flying Boat Company, owned by Robert E. Gross
Other manufacturers
- Viking Range, a kitchen appliance manufacturer
- Viking Technology, formerly Viking Interworks and Viking Modular Solutions, a division of the electronics manufacturing services provider Sanmina Corporation
- VSM Group (Viking Sewing Machines), a sewing machine manufacturer
Transport lines
Air
- Viking Airlines, a defunct private charter airline which was based in Stockholm, Sweden
- Scanair (airline call sign Viking), a defunct charter airline based in Stockholm, Sweden
- Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia (airline call sign Viking), based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Maritime
- Viking Line, a Finnish shipping line
- Viking River Cruises, based in Basel, Switzerland
- Viking Supply Ships, a supply shipping company based in Kristiansand, Norway
Other businesses
- Hotel Royal Christiania, formerly the Hotel Viking, in Oslo, Norway
Organizations
- Independent Order of Vikings, an American fraternal organization
- Task Force Viking, a US Army formation in the Iraq War
- The Vikings (reenactment), a UK-based historical reenactment society
People
Places
- Viking, a region of the North Sea used in the British Shipping Forecast
- Viking, Alberta, Canada, a town
- Viking, Minnesota, United States, a city
- Viking, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
- Viking Formation, a geological feature in Canada
- Viking Valley, Alexander Island, Antarctica
Sport
American football
- Minnesota Vikings, an American football team
- Oslo Vikings, a Norwegian American football team
- University of Limerick Vikings, an Irish American football team
Association football (soccer)
- FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, a Danish football club
- FC Viikingit (FC Vikings), a Finnish football club
- Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, an Icelandic football club
- Viking FK, a Norwegian football club
- Viking Stadion, a football stadium in Stavanger, Norway
- Víkingur Gøta (Vikings Gøta), a football club in the Faroe Islands
Ice hockey
- Dunfermline Vikings, a defunct Scottish ice hockey team
- Elliot Lake Vikings, a Canadian Junior A ice hockey team
- Jamestown Vikings, a defunct American ice hockey team
- Nybro Vikings, a Swedish ice hockey team
- Southampton Vikings, a defunct English ice hockey team
- Tønsberg Vikings, a Norwegian ice hockey club
- Viking Award, given to the best Swedish ice hockey player in North America
- Viking Cup, a world ice hockey tournament in Camrose, Alberta, Canada
- Viking IK, a defunct ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway
- Viking Hockey, Viking IK's successor
Rugby
- Bay Roskill Vikings, a New Zealand rugby league football club
- Canberra Vikings, an Australian rugby union football club
- Somerset Vikings, an English rugby league team
- Tuggeranong Vikings, an Australian rugby union club
- Widnes Vikings, an English rugby league club
Other sports
- Denmark Vikings, a Danish Australian rules football team
- Harstad Vikings, a defunct Norwegian basketball team
- Hull Vikings, a speedway motorcycle team in Hull, England
- Solna Vikings, a Swedish basketball team
- TIF Viking, a Norwegian sports club
- Viking Park, home stadium of the Tuggeranong Vikings
- Victorian Vikings, an Australian field hockey team
- Viking Håndball, a Norwegian handball club
- Vikings, sports teams of North American schools:
- Augustana College (Illinois)
- Augustana College (South Dakota)
- Augustana University College, Alberta, Canada
- Bethany Lutheran College, Minnesota
- Cleveland State University, Ohio
- Portland State University, Oregon
- Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada
- Western Washington University
Vehicles
Aircraft
- ASL Viking, a two-seater British biplane first flown in 1912
- Bellanca Viking, a four-seat American plane introduced in 1967
- Grob Viking, a Royal Air Force plane introduced in the 1980s
- Lockheed S-3 Viking, a U.S. Navy aircraft introduced in 1974
- St Andrews Viking, an American powered parachute design
- Vance Viking, an American single-seat cargo and racing aircraft first flown in 1932
- Vickers VC.1 Viking, a British airliner introduced in 1946
- Vickers Viking, a British military aircraft introduced in 1919
Land vehicles
- Viking (automobile), manufactured by Oldsmobile from 1929 to 1931
- BvS 10, an all-terrain armoured vehicle called Viking by the British Armed Forces
Rockets and spacecraft
- Viking (rocket), a series of sounding rockets
- Viking (rocket engine)
- Viking (satellite)
- Viking program, two NASA missions to Mars
Ships
- Viking (barque), a Danish sailing ship, now used as a hotel
- Viking (ship), a Norwegian replica of a Viking ship
- HMS Viking, several British Royal Navy ships
- HNoMS Viking (1891), a Royal Norwegian Navy gunboat
- HSC Viking, a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet
- SS Viking, a steam-powered sealing ship used to film The Viking (1931 film)
- USS Viking, various United States Navy ships
- Viking class submarine, a planned but canceled European submarine class
- Viking Line, a Finnish ferry and cruise operator, and its ships:
- MS Viking XPRS, a Viking Line fast cruise ferry
- MS Viking ADCC, a planned but canceled Viking Line ferry
- Viking, a passenger ferry built in 1905, later renamed HMS Vindex
Other uses
- MP-446 Viking, a Russian semi-automatic pistol
- Viking Link, a planned submarine power cable between the United Kingdom and Denmark
- Viking Wind Farm, a proposed Shetland Islands wind farm
See also
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