Viking (disambiguation)

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Viking can refer to:

Contents 1 History 2 Organizations 3 Ships 4 Aerospace 5 Military 6 Film and music 7 Sports 8 Places 9 Companies 10 Other uses 11 See also

[edit] History

• Viking Age, the period between 793 A.D and 1066 A.D in Scandinavia
• Viking, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the western trail)
• Varangian, seafaring Scandinavians during the Viking Age (in the eastern trail)

[edit] Organizations

• Independent Order of Vikings, a fraternal organization in the United States

[edit] Ships

• Viking (ship), the reconstruction of a Viking ship which was sailed from Norway to North America in 1893
• Viking (barque)
• SS Viking
• S/S Viking, a ship in the Viking Line fleet, in service between 1959-1970
• M/S Viking 1, a ship in the Viking Line fleet, in service between 1970-1983
• HSC Viking [2], a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet

[edit] Aerospace

• Viking program, a NASA program for two Mars missions, each consisting of an orbiter & lander pair:
  • Viking 1, launched August 1975
  • Viking 2, launched September 1975
• Viking rocket, first large American liquid-fueled rocket, by NRL and Martin Co.; twelve flown 1949-1955.
• Lockheed S-3 Viking, US Navy anti-submarine aircraft
• Vickers Viking, a Type 54 amphibian aircraft
• Vickers VC.1 Viking airliner
• Viking (satellite), the first satellite from Sweden
• Bellanca Viking, light plane
• Viking Flying Boat Company, a failed aeronautical venture of Robert E. Gross
• Grob Viking T1, variant of the Grob G103a Twin II Sailplane operated by the Royal Air Force

[edit] Military

• BVS10 Viking, an armoured amphibious vehicle developed for the British Royal Marines

[edit] Film and music

• The Viking a film made in 1928
• The Vikings a film made in 1958
• Viking (album), the second album by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
• Les Vikings de Guadeloupe, a French Antillean band
• Viking metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal.
• The Vikings, a Jamaican music (vocal) group of the early 1960s ska era
• Viking Skull, A Metal band from England
• Viking, the former stage name of Francesca Ortolani, a white nationalist folk singer-songwriter from Italy, who now goes by Aufidena
• VIKING Violent Romance singer, and founder of "Everything Is True" music genre

[edit] Sports

• Viking F.K., a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger
• Víkingur, an Icelandic football club from the city of Reykjavík
• Minnesota Vikings, an NFL (American football) team
• A nickname for Real Madrid's supporters
• A nickname for Stenhousemuir F.C.'s supporters
• Denmark Vikings (Australian rules football), Denmark's national team
• Vikings Futsal Association and Vikings Pacific League, both related to the sport of Futsal in Australia.
• UL Vikings, the University of Limerick (Ireland) American football team that plays in the Irish American Football League
• The nickname / mascot for intercollegiate athletic teams at the following colleges and universities in the United States:
  • Cleveland State University; Participates in NCAA Division I
  • Portland State University; participates in NCAA Division I
  • Western Washington University; participates in NCAA Division II
• The nickname / mascot for the following high schools in the United States:
  • Peter Johansen High School in Modesto, California
  • Danville High School in Danville, Illinois
  • Geneva Community High School in Geneva, Illinois
  • Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland
  • Atlantic City High School in Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • North Arlington High School in North Arlington, New Jersey
  • Pittsford Mendon High School in Rochester, New York
  • Clarkstown South High School in West Nyack, New York
• Viking Boots made for speedskating

[edit] Places

• Viking, Alberta, Canada
• Viking, Minnesota, United States

[edit] Companies

• Viking Airlines, a Swedish airline
• Viking Line, a Finnish shipping company
• Viking Press, a New York based publishing company now owned by Penguin
• Viking Range, a kitchen appliance manufacturer in the United States

[edit] Other uses

• Viking (Norse Mythology)
• Viking automobile, manufactured by General Motors' Oldsmobile Division for model year 1929 and 1931
• Viking, once a store brand for appliances sold at Eaton's in Canada
• Viking BvS10, a fully amphibious armoured all-terrain vehicle 2003–
• Víking Gylltur, a brand of Icelandic beer
• Viking (バイキング baikingu), a Japanese pseudo-Anglicism which refers to a smorgasbord or buffet.
• Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course is a Japanese endurance game show

• East Vikings, Mascot of East High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania
• "Viking", a Gerwalk-inspired mech in the upcoming StarCraft 2
• Viking (ride), a very common theme of the pirate ship type of amusement ride
• Viking: Battle for Asgard, a video game based on Norse mythology.

[edit] See also

• Wiking
• The Vikings (disambiguation)