What we do is often called living history or reenactment. In addition, we are actively involved in the historical dissemination of the period. We place a particular focus on expanding our knowledge of crafts and everyday life in the Iron Age up to the end of the 11th century. For us, Trøndelag in Norway is the main area we focus on the most, but of course you have to look to other areas as well in the search for knowledge.
Living history and dissemination
What we do is often called reenactment or living history. It is a great way to bring history to life. Ways we bring the Viking Age to life are often through crafts, cooking and everyday activities. We make clothes and shoes, we make our own equipment and food in a historical way. In order to recreate or create interpretations of the clothes and equipment they had in the Viking Age, we use archaeological and historical sources as aids. It is important for us to have the most historically correct interpretations possible, and this is important in order to be able to display the period in a nice, educational and interesting way. Of course, everyone is new at some point so don’t be frightened by this – we do allow trial and errors in the beginning.As part of our dissemination, we often travel to other Viking markets throughout Europe. Sometimes we travel together as a team, other times individual members go on a trip by themselves. When attending markets, we usually leave most modern things behind. Instead we cook over a fire and sleep in a tent. In June, we organize our own market, Trondheim Viking Market. You can read more about it here. In addition to travelling to other historical markets, we are engaged by external actors to disseminate history.
Member activities
For our members, we also have regular member evenings where we do crafts together, discuss and talk about history, eat cake and drink tea and coffee. Occasionally we also arrange pub evenings or cafe get-togethers to be social together. It is a great way to meet people with the same interests or learn something new.
Trondheim vikinglag consists of many knowledgeable people and we try to hold courses in various crafts as often as we get the chance. We also have courses with external course providers from near and far. Please let us know if you would like a course or if you have any questions about our member evenings.
Do you want to become a member?
If you think what we are doing sounds exciting, you can of course become a member with us. You become a member by sending us an email at bli blimeldem@trondheimvikinglag.no. Please tell us a little about yourself and why you think it sounds exciting to be a member with us. Maybe you feel like you can add something to our group because of a special craft or skill you have, please feel free to tell us about this too.
Please note that we have no political or religious agenda, and we strongly oppose racism, discrimination, bullying and other unwanted behavior.
Do you want to learn more about us and what we do? You can also find us on social media: Instagram and Facebook.
You can also read about living history, reenactment and the Viking Age through the blog of our chief, Tonje. Here you will find many tips and pictures from various events. You can find the blog here:
Tonje Rogersdatter – My historical life.
