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Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the 8th-11th centuries. Viking art has many design elements in common with Celtic, Germanic, the later Romanesque and Eastern European art, sharing many influences with each of these traditions.
Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols.
Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women
Decorated plaque in whale bone, 8th–late 9th century, 22×18.3×0.8 cm (8.7×7.2×0.3 in)
Wood carving at Urnes Stave Church in Norway—a rare survival.
Ringerike is a traditional district in Norway, commonly consisting of the municipalities Hole and Ringerike in Buskerud county. In older times, Ringerike had a larger range which went westward to the municipalities Krødsherad, Modum, and Sigdal, also in Buskerud.
View of Tyrifjorden, a lake in southern Ringerike.
Detail of the Alstad stone.