• The Norwegian battle axe, also called Norwegian peasant militia axe, Norwegian peasant axe or peasant battle axe (Norwegian: bondeøks or bondestridsøks)...
    3 KB (271 words) - 18:36, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle axe
    A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes...
    26 KB (3,537 words) - 20:54, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle Axe culture
    The Battle Axe culture, also called Boat Axe culture, is a Chalcolithic culture that flourished in the coastal areas of the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula...
    20 KB (2,476 words) - 13:25, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coat of arms of Norway
    and in semi-official contexts, such as on bank-notes. Norwegian battle axe Armorial of Norway Armorial of Europe "The style of the lion in the Royal...
    26 KB (2,220 words) - 11:27, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Corded Ware culture
    a ritual or ceremonial function. The Danish-Swedish-Norwegian Battle Axe culture, or the Boat Axe culture, appeared c. 2800 BC and is known from about...
    79 KB (9,140 words) - 04:49, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dane axe
    axe / Long axe The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe...
    13 KB (1,666 words) - 19:05, 23 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Stamford Bridge
    single Norwegian, whose name ought to have been preserved, took post on a bridge, and hewing down more than forty of the English with a battle-axe, his...
    19 KB (2,316 words) - 14:18, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Axe
    axe developed into the "flanged axe", then palstaves, and later winged and socketed axes. At least since the late Neolithic, elaborate axes (battle-axes...
    31 KB (3,698 words) - 21:03, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norwegian royal family
    of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. The Norwegian monarch holds the title King of Norway while his Royal consort is Queen of Norway with the style...
    19 KB (1,948 words) - 16:18, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Kringen
    Battle of Kringen (Norwegian: Slaget ved Kringen) involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way...
    15 KB (1,479 words) - 00:38, 19 August 2024