Med horn på hjälmarna och blicken i fjärran – om bilden av vikingar och vikingatiden i dagens samhälle
This paper asks the question “how are the Vikings and the Viking age portrayed in today’s society?”. With the help of six different case studies the image of the Vikings and the Viking age which flourishes in today’s society is criticized on the basis of three perspectives: ethnicity, religion and gender. These different case studies are group in four different genres: expositions, books for child
