Viking / Norse Mythology As A Topic

I think you shall find Isle of Man has more Viking stamps.

Anyone care to "host" the Vikings excell sheet for a few days?
(amazing amounts of good Karma earned)

Isle of man 12
denmark 11
iceland 9
faroes 8
norway 7
sweden 5
ireland 2
bulgaria 2


and, wait for it.......

Ghana 1
Paraguay 1 :)

Well they got as far as Newfoundland therefore getting to Ghana and
Paraguay should have been a breeze for them.

Rod I'm surprised that the former Soviet Union or
Russia have not issued any Viking related stamps
since Viking raiders settled large parts of what is
now Russia & Ukraine.
Even the word Russia is based on Rus which was the name
of the Northmen (Varangians) who created the medieval
Kiev state.

LG, the list here is not exhaustive,
Russia did release 1 in 1974, a painting.

When I get someone to host, you can download
a copy of the excel sheet.

If I went on the extensive reading I have made on Vikings,
and transferred them to stamp issues,
I would have in this order:
Denmark
Russia
Ireland
England
France
There's not much of the then known planet,
that these amazing fellows did not have some impact on.

Viking silver cache from Ireland :

Rod since you appear to be very interested in history amongst other things this site might be of interest to you.
Perhaps you already know of it.
It deals with the early history and kingdoms of Scandinavia, Anglo- Saxons, Goths, Vandals etc, etc.


http://www.friesian.com/germania.htm#isles

Thanks LG.

Please send it to me Rod and I'll host it.

A big bunch of good karma coming your way Anthony :)

Excel sheet sent. (just 128Kb)

Praise goes to the late Mette Heindorff, and our own
22crows, both ladies contributed to the list

You can find Odin and Thor on stamps from Sweden and Faroe Islands.

Swedish booklet issued 1981
10 ore Thor catching the Midgard Serpent (SG1062)
1 k Odin on 8-footed steed (Sleipner) (SG1066)

Faroe Islands sheet of 10 stamps issued 2003
2 stamps depicting Odin: row 2, stamp 1 (Odin and the Valkyries) (SG450)
row 2, stamp 4 (Death of Odin) (SG453?)

http://www.faroeartstamps.fo/?side=...e495ce7014f8

Faroe Islands single stamp and minisheet issued 2004 (SG MS463) showing Thor and the Midgard serpent.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F..._and_ran.jpg

Lets face it Ladies and Gentlemen,
22crows is just plain brilliant.

Mind you, I did find a couple of Thor's myself
on Peru and Bahamas stamps.

Hi All.
Rod's Spreadsheet can be found here - https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...cEE&hl=en_GB

Let me know if you need to update it and I'll add you to the editors list or email the updates and I'll add them.

Excuse me Anthony,
I think/hope we are all learning here,
If you are hosting, then readers should be able to
download the file as an excel sheet.
I just noticed I cannot, it only gives me
an html option.
I can read it but do nothing with it.

Can this be fixed?
It is out of my area of expertise, so cannot suggest anything.
Thanks for your work thus far though.

From the link above which opens Google docs goto File - Download As - Excel.
It can be downloaded and worked on independently or kept online as a collaboration document.

Thanks 22crows for pointing out that booklet which
I didn't realize I had until you mentioned it.

Thor



Heimdall



Frey



Freya



Odin




Runic Alphabet on the booklet cover.



Swedish PFA stamp information pamphlet