The Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians.

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

  • The Viking (1914 film), a Victory Photoplay Company film starring Betty Harte
  • The Viking (1928 film), a color film about Viking settlers
  • The Viking (1931 film), a black-and-white film about seal hunting
  • The Vikings (film), a 1958 adventure film starring Kirk Douglas
  • Viking (2016 film), a 2016 Russian historical film
  • Viking (2022 film), a 2022 Canadian science fiction comedy film

Music

Groups

  • Viking (band), an American thrash metal band
  • Los Vikings, a 1960 Salvadoran rock band
  • The Vikings (1950s quartet), a barbershop quartet
  • The Vikings (British band)
  • 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
  • Vikinger, by Danheim

Other uses in music

  • The Vikings, a 1990s side project of Norwegian band Turbonegro
  • Hagström Viking, a guitar
  • Viking Records, a New Zealand independent record label

Radio

  • Viking FM, former name for a British independent radio station, now known as Hits Radio East Yorkshire & North Lincolnshire
  • The Vikings (radio program), a radio program broadcast by NBC

Television

  • Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course, a Japanese game show
  • Vikings (2012 TV series), a BBC documentary series
  • Vikings (TV series), a 2013 historical drama series
  • Vikings: Valhalla, a 2022 sequel to the original drama series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Viking (game), a 1975 board wargame
  • Viking (comedy duo)
  • Viking: Battle for Asgard, a 2008 game for Xbox 360 and PS3
  • Viking Press, an American publishing company
  • Vikings (RuneQuest), a 1985 role playing game supplement

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 Enterprise Solutions, formerly Viking Technology, 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
  • Sunclass Airlines (airline call sign Viking), formerly Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia, based in Denmark

Maritime

  • Viking Line, a Finnish shipping line
  • Viking (cruise line), based in Basel, Switzerland

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 group), a UK-based historical reenactment society

People

  • Viking (given name)
  • Viking (nickname)

Places

  • 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
  • Viking, a region of the North Sea used in the British Shipping Forecast

Sport

College and university sports

Several North American schools use the name "Vikings" for their sports teams, including:

  • Augustana College (Illinois)
  • Augustana College (South Dakota)
  • Augustana University College, Alberta, Canada
  • Bethany Lutheran College, Minnesota
  • Cleveland State University, Ohio
  • Lawrence University, Wisconsin
  • Portland State University, Oregon
  • Salem State University, Massachusetts
  • University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (now named the Victoria Vikes)
  • Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada
  • Western Washington University

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
  • HC Viking Tallinn, an Estonian 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

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

  • Albion Viking, bus manufactured in Scotland
  • Leyland Super Viking, bus manufactured in England
  • 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
  • Viking 1
  • Viking 2

Ships

Commercial and private

  • Viking (barque), a Danish sailing ship, now used as a hotel
  • Viking (replica Viking longship), a Norwegian replica of a Viking ship
  • Empire Viking, several Empire Ships named Viking, see List of Empire ships (U–Z)
  • , a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet
  • , several motorships
  • , a steam-powered sealing ship used to film The Viking (1931 film)
  • , also named HMS Vindex
  • Viking Line, a Finnish ferry and cruise operator, and its ships:
  • , a Viking Line fast cruise ferry
  • , a planned but canceled Viking Line ferry
  • , several British Royal Navy ships
  • HNoMS Viking (1891), a Royal Norwegian Navy gunboat
  • , various United States Navy ships
  • Viking-class submarine, a planned but canceled European submarine class

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

  • Viking Aircraft (disambiguation)
  • Wiking (disambiguation)