I was interviewed on The History of Vikings a while ago, and just now realized I forgot to share the link. Here you go: The Viking Mentality: http://thehistoryofvikings.com/episodes/ Here is a link […]
Interview on The History of Vikings
Happy New Year!
A Viking Seax Review
Out for a walk, reviewing a Viking Age seax from Grimfrost …
Jomsviking Published in Denmark
Today the first volume of the Jomsviking series is published in Denmark! I am very happy about this, both because I love Denmark, but also because the Danes played such a significant […]
JOMSVIKING – Vinland
JOMSVIKING – Vinland utgis 5. oktober! Dette er den andre boken i Jomsviking-serien. Boken kan allerede nå bestilles i nettbokhandlene, for eksempel HER. JOMSVIKING – Vinland is the second volume of the […]
Jomsviking Published in the Netherlands
The day is finally here. One of my novels is published outside of Norway! The Netherlands gets the honour of being first, they’ve just published their translation of the first novel in […]
Historic Jersey
I recently visited Jersey in The English Channel. It is a place not many Norwegians go to, but I sailed past a few years ago and always wanted to see the island […]
Been busy …
So, here’s an update on what’s been going on, and why I haven’t been blogging more frequently. I am currently in the last phase of editing my upcoming novel. It will be […]
Giveaway
Dear friends, I’m doing a giveaway at my Youtube channel. Check it out! Kind regards, Bjørn
The Viking Bow
If you ask people which was the most common weapon during The Viking Age, you’ll probably hear that it was the axe, or the spear, or perhaps the seax. Some will claim it was the iconic Viking sword. While it is true that everybody had a knife of some sort, and that most people used an axe on a daily basis, the most common weapon during The Viking Age was actually the bow.
