Viking can refer to:

History

• Viking Age, the period between 793 A.D and 1066 A.D in Scandinavia
• Viking, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the western trail)
• Varangian, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the eastern trail)
• Viking (ship), the reconstruction of a Viking ship which was sailed from Norway to North America in 1893

The Viking Age is the name of the period between 793 and 1066 AD in Scandinavia and Britain, following the Germanic Iron Age (and the Vendel Age in Sweden). ... The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... The Varangians (Russian: Variags, Варяги) were Scandinavians who travelled eastwards, mainly from Jutland and Sweden. ... The Viking at the world fair in Chicago, 1893 The Viking is the reconstruction of a viking ship found in a burial mound near Sandefjord, Norway in 1880. ...

Aerospace

• Viking program, a NASA space probe program to send two unmanned space missions to Mars
  • Viking 1, launched August 1975
  • Viking 2, launched August 1976
• Viking Flying Boat Company, a failed aeronautical venture of Robert E. Gross
• Lockheed S-3 Viking, an anti-submarine aircraft
• Martin RTV-N-12 Viking rocket, first launched in 1949
• Vickers Viking, a Type 54 amphibian aircraft
• Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner
• Viking (satellite), the first satellite from Sweden

NASAs Viking program consisted of two unmanned space missions to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2. ... The Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASAs Viking program. ...    Frost on Mars. ... Robert E. Gross, pictured on the cover of Time magazine, January 14, 1946. ... An S-3B Viking launches from the catapult aboard USS Abraham Lincoln The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a United States Navy jet aircraft used to hunt and destroy enemy submarines and provide surveillance of surface shipping. ... Based on its experiments with captured German V-2 rockets after WWII, the United states decided to develop its own liquid fueld rocket. ... Vickers Viking IV of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1926 Note: this is an article about the single-engined amphibian Vickers Viking of 1918. ... Note: this is an artice about the Post World War Two twin-engined Vickers Viking airliner. ... Viking was Swedens first satellite. ...

Music

• Viking (album), the second album by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
• Les Vikings de Guadeloupe, a French Antillean band
• Viking metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal.

Viking is the second album by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. ... Les Vikings de Guadeloupe were a French Antillean mini-jazz and cadence band. ... Viking metal is a cross-genre reference usually used to describe the lyrical and thematic elements of bands rather than the music itself. ...

Sports

• Viking F.K., a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger
• Minnesota Vikings, an NFL (American football) team
• A nickname for Real Madrid's supporters
• Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football), Denmark's national team
• Vikings Futsal Association and Vikings Pacific League, both related to the sport of Futsal in Australia.
• The name for all Western Washington University sports teams, participating in NCAA Division II

Viking F.K. is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. ... City Minneapolis, Minnesota Other nicknames The Vikes, The Purple People Eaters Team colors Purple, Gold, and White Head Coach Brad Childress Owner Zygi Wilf General manager Rob Brzezinski Mascot Ragnar League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1961–present) Western Conference (1961-1969) Central Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club best known for its football team which was ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. The club, which went in place of the Spanish FA, was also one of the founding members of FIFA. They play... Vikings guernsey The Vikings are Denmarks national Australian rules football team. ... Futsal is played in Australia, particularly in the state of Queensland. ... Western Washington University (also referred to as WWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. ...

Other uses

• Viking, Alberta, Canada
• Viking (appliance), a brand of luxury appliances made by Viking Range Corporation in Greenwood, Mississippi
• Viking Press (1926–1975), a New York based publishing company
• Viking automobile, manufactured by General Motors' Oldsmobile Division for model year 1929 and 1931
• Viking, once a store brand for appliances sold at Eaton's in Canada
• Viking BvS10, a fully amphibious armoured all-terrain vehicle 2003–
• Viking (beer), a brand of Icelandic beer
• Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course is a Japanese endurance game show
• Viking (lifeboat), Danish manufacturer of life-saving maritime equipment, perhaps best known for the ubiquitous Viking lifeboat

Viking is a town of approximately 1000 residents located in Alberta. ... Viking Range Corporation is a private company which manufactures professional kitchen appliances for home use. ... Greenwood is situated in Leflore County, Mississippi at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. ... Viking Press was founded on March 1, 1925, in New York City, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim. ... The Viking was an automobile manufactured by General Motors Oldsmobile Division for model year 1929 and 1930. ... Eatons was once Canadas largest department store retailer. ... A group of “quad bike” all terrain vehicles The term all-terrain vehicle is used in a general sense to describe any of a number of small open motorised buggies and tricycles designed for off-road use. ... Although beer was banned in Iceland until 1989, the country has several natively brewed beer brands. ...

See also

• The Vikings (disambiguation)

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