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Viking reenactment groups in the Nordics

The people in the camps at every market belong to a group: an association that trains together, owns tents and gear in common, and travels to markets as a unit. Most take new members and most have a website. Here are the ones we can point to, by country.

Groups that run a market on this site

17 of the events in our calendar are organized by a reenactment association rather than a museum or company. Joining one of these puts you inside the market from the first year. Each name links to the group's own site; the event link goes to our page about their market.

Denmark

• Als Vikingelaug, Sønderborg. Runs Als Viking Market.
• Foreningen Ishøj Vikingemarked, Ishøj. Runs Ishøj Viking Market.
• Foreningen Nordfyns Vikingemarked, Skamby, Nordfyn. Runs Nordfyn Viking Market.
• Foreningen Stevnsvikingerne, Rødvig Stevns. Runs Stevns Viking Market.

Norway

• Bjørgvin Marknad, Stend, Fana. Runs Bjørgvin Viking Market.
• Borre Vikinglag, Horten. Runs Borrekaupangen Viking Market.
• Gjallarstadir vikinglag, Lillestrøm. Runs Gjallarstadir Viking Market.
• Hafrsfjordvikingene, Stavanger. Runs Hafrsfjord Viking Market.
• Trondheim vikinglag, Melhus. Runs Trondheim Viking Market.

Sweden

• Ale Vikingagård, Nödinge, Ale. Runs Ale Viking Market.
• Emådalens Vikingar, Vetlanda. Runs Vetlanda Viking Market.
• Fornföreningen Gudahagen, Näsum, Bromölla. Runs Gudahagen Viking Market. They ask to be contacted on Facebook rather than by email.
• Gunnes felag and Gunnes gård, Upplands Väsby. Runs Gunnes gård Autumn Market.
• Stallarholmens Vikingar, Stallarholmen, Strängnäs. Runs Stallarholmen Viking Festival.
• Vikingaföreningen Fafner, Årsunda, Sandviken. Runs Årsunda Viking Farm Summer.

Iceland

• Rimmugýgur Viking association with Hafnarfjörður municipality, Hafnarfjörður. Runs Hafnarfjörður Viking Festival.

Finland & Åland

• Fornföreningen Fibula, Saltvik. Runs Saltvik Viking Market.

More groups by country

Groups with a working website that say they take new members. Where a group's own site is down, we say so. Descriptions are the groups' own, shortened.

Denmark

• Vikingegruppen Lindholm Høje, Aalborg. Crafts and a market at the burial ground since 1993. Their line: no experience, no obstacle.
• Ihwar Historisk Kampsport, Aalborg. Viking combat, weekly training, the first three months free.
• Trelleborgs Venner, Slagelse. The friends of Trelleborg: craft guilds for metal, textile, leather, pottery, wood, brewing and archery, with monthly gatherings.
• Vikingegruppen Freja, Bjerringbro. Icelandic horses and crafts, with an August market of their own.
• Bliv Viking keeps a longer list of Danish groups, as does historiskmarked.dk.

Norway

• Borre Vikinglag, Horten. Norway's oldest, with over 200 members; crafts, and the Borre market in July.
• Mjøs Vikinglag, Lillehammer. Founded 2018, everyday Viking life, everyone welcome.
• Møre Frie Vikingar, Møre og Romsdal. Crafts and markets, with a six-month apprenticeship of four craft projects before full membership.
• Vikinger i Vestfold is the umbrella for fifteen groups in Vestfold and Telemark, including the Oseberg and Gokstad boat clubs.
• Hafrsfjordvikingene runs the Stavanger market and has no working website at the moment, so find them through the event page. The Gudvangen market is no longer held: Njardarheimr is a year-round village instead, and the organizer told us in September 2026 that they do not arrange markets any more.

Sweden

• Ulls Vikingar, Uppsala. Combat, weekly training, present at the Gamla Uppsala festival.
• Storholmens Vikingaförening, Norrtälje. Friends of the Storholmen museum since 1995: courses, lectures and the July season.
• Birka-Hovgårdens gille, Björkö. Membership lets you live, craft and sell in the Viking quarter at Birka during the July weeks.
• Föreningen Vikingaleden, Nysäter, Värmland. Runs a Viking centre with a ship and a reconstructed settlement.

Finland

• Harmaasudet, Helsinki. Combat, crafts and living history from the Iron Age on; membership open to everyone.
• Viikinkiajan laiva, Helsinki. Owns and sails the Viking ship Sotka; newcomers start at the work parties.
• Palkkakorpit, Jyväskylä. Weekly sword training, summer camps and craft workshops.

Iceland

• Rimmugýgur, Hafnarfjörður. Founded 1997, over a hundred active members, combat training twice a week, archery, crafts and a choir. Hosts Iceland's festival. Their website is a placeholder, so the link goes to Facebook.

How to join

Write to the group, then come to a training evening or a market and talk to people. Nobody expects you to own anything at first; groups lend clothing and tents to newcomers for the first season. What they do expect is that you show up, help with the camp and take the historical side seriously. Our guide onhow to start Viking reenactment covers the first year, and theclothing guide what a first kit looks like.

Groups: add yours

If your association is open to new members and has a website, write tohello@vikingseason.com with the name, town, site and one line on what you do. We list groups, not businesses, and we link back without conditions.