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		<title>Norwegian Names: Top 100 Names Popular in Norway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find below the list of the most used Norwegian names from 1880 through 2010, according to the data provided by Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). Statistics for 2011 are not ready as yet, but in 2010 the most popular boys’ name in Norway was Lucas and the most popular girls’ name was Emma. In 2009 the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viking Gods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Odin Odin is the supreme god of the Norse pantheon, the most worshipped among Viking gods. Odin corresponds to West Germanic Woden or Wotan. Etymology of his name points to poetic inspiration and shamanic ecstasy. As it seems, initially Odin was a patron of military unions and initiations, as well as a sorcerer god. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viking Shield</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For defense, Vikings used large circular shields. Usually, the size of the Viking shields varied between 30&#8243; and 36&#8243; (75 – 90 cm). The shield excavated at a Viking fortress Trelleborg (Denmark) in 2008 was 33,5&#8243; broad. No less renowned are shields from Gokstad Viking ship burial (Norway). With the end of the Viking Age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Futhark Runes 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Futhark is the name given to a group of runic alphabets. Runes were letters used in ancient Germanic languages before the Roman script was adopted. Futhark was used for a long period of time by various peoples to write various languages and thus evolved. Its earlier version is known as the Elder Futhark. Later variant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ardnamurchan Viking Ship Burial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stunning archaeological find was made last month in Scotland. A Viking ship burial, which is about 1,000 years old was unearthed on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It was the grave of a chieftain buried in a rather small vessel (about 16ft) as compared to famous Gokstad or Oseberg ship burials in Norway or Sutton Hoo grave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Brice’s Day Massacre at Oxford</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Brice’s Day Massacre is an event recorded in an ancient chart, which says that in AD 1002 the Saxon king Ethelred the Unready was told that there was a Danish plot to assassinate him. After that he ordered to kill all the Vikings in England. The same chart reports that in Oxford the Danes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Facts About Iceland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Iceland, prohibition of alcoholic beverages came into effect in 1915. Prohibition was partially lifted for wines in 1922, because Spain and Portugal refused to import Icelandic salted cod unless Iceland imported Iberian red wine. Beer remained illegal in Iceland until 1989. In 1956 boxing was banned here. In 2002 amateur boxing was allowed under strict [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGM Vikings Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After emerging from bankruptcy last year, MGM is going to produce a new TV series on Vikings. The project’s executive producers are Michael Hirst and Morgan O’Sullivan. This team has already proved to be successful in both Camelot and The Tudors. Producers/managers Sherry Marsh and Alan Gasmer also take part in the project. MGM Vikings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cawood Sword</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cawood sword is probably the finest Viking sword ever found. It was discovered in the River Ouse near York in the 19th century. The pommel type is characteristic for the Viking Age swords, while the shape of the guard is more like the ones found in 12th century weapons. This fact inclined many to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Necropants: Nábrók</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Icelandic Necropants (Nábrók) is perhaps the weirdest way to get rich ever. According to odd medieval practice in Iceland, to get that horrible device, it was necessary to make deal with a male friend, when he was alive, about digging up his body from the churchyard after he would die. The cause of death [...]]]></description>
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