Viking (disambiguation)

The Vikings were seafaring Scandinavians engaged in exploring, raiding and trading in waters and lands outside of Scandinavia from the eighth to eleventh centuries.

Viking or Vikings may also refer to:

In astronautics

• Viking (rocket), a series of sounding rockets good
• Viking (rocket engine)
• Viking (satellite)
• Viking program, two NASA missions to Mars
  • Viking 1
  • Viking 2

In business

• Viking Air, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer
• Viking Airlines, a defunct private charter airline which was based in Stockholm, Sweden
• Viking Flying Boat Company, owned by Robert E. Gross
• Viking Line, a Finnish shipping line
• Viking Press, an American publishing company
• Viking Range, a kitchen appliance manufacturer
• Viking Records, a New Zealand independent label
• Viking River Cruises
• VSM Group (Viking Sewing Machines), a sewing machine manufacturer
• Viking Supply Ships, a supply shipping company based in Kristiansand, Norway
• Viking Technology, formerly Viking Interworks and Viking Modular Solutions, a division of the electronics manufacturing services provider Sanmina Corporation
• 96.9 Viking FM, an English independent radio station
• Hotel Royal Christiania, formerly the Hotel Viking, in Oslo, Norway

In arts and entertainment

Comics

• Viking (comics)
• Vikings #1 (2013), comic book prequel to the Vikings (TV series), issued as a giveaway by Zenescope in partnership with the History Channel
• Thor: Vikings, a comic book series

Film and television

• The Viking (1928 film), a color film about Viking settlers
• The Viking (1931 film), a black-and-white film about a hunter
• The Vikings (1958 film), an adventure film starring Kirk Douglas
• Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle Course, a Japanese game show
• Vikings (TV documentary series), a 2012 BBC documentary series
• Vikings (TV series), a 2013 historical fiction series

Games

• Viking: Battle for Asgard, a 2008 game for Xbox 360 and PS3
• Vikings (video game), a 1998 game for PC

Music

Groups

• Los Vikings (band), a 1960 Salvadoran rock band
• The Vikings (band), a 1960s American rock band
• The Vikings (radio), a 1920s vocal quartet
• Vikings (quartet), a barbershop quartet
• Viking (band), a 1980s metal band

Other

• Viking (album), by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
• The Vikings, a 1990s side project of Norwegian band Turbonegro
• Hagström Viking, a guitar

Given name

• Viking (given name)

Places

• Viking, Alberta, Canada, a town
• Viking, Minnesota, United States, a city
• Viking, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
• Viking Valley, Alexander Island, Antarctica

In sports

• Bay Roskill Vikings, a New Zealand rugby league football club
• Canberra Vikings, an Australian rugby union football club
• Denmark Vikings, a Danish Australian rules football team
• Dunfermline Vikings, a defunct Scottish ice hockey team
• Elliot Lake Vikings, a Canadian Junior A ice hockey team
• FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, a Danish football club
• Harstad Vikings, a defunct Norwegian basketball team
• Hull Vikings, a speedway motorcycle team in Hull, England
• Jamestown Vikings, a defunct American ice hockey team
• Minnesota Vikings, an American football team
  • Vikings Stadium, an approved but unbuilt stadium for the Minnesota Vikings
• Nybro Vikings, a Swedish ice hockey team
• Oslo Vikings, a Norwegian American football team
• Solna Vikings, a Swedish basketball team
• Somerset Vikings, an English rugby league team
• Southampton Vikings, a defunct English ice hockey team
• TIF Viking, a Norwegian sports club
• Tønsberg Vikings, a Norwegian ice hockey club
• Tuggeranong Vikings, an Australian rugby union club
  • Viking Park, home stadium of the Tuggeranong Vikings
• University of Limerick Vikings, an Irish American football team
• Victorian Vikings, an Australian field hockey team
• Viking Award, given to the best Swedish ice hockey player in North America
• Viking Cup, a world ice hockey tournament in Camrose, Alberta, Canada
• Viking FK, a Norwegian football club
• Viking Håndball, a Norwegian handball club
• Viking IK, a defunct ice hockey team in Stavanger, Norway
  • Viking Hockey, Viking IK's successor
• Viking Stadion, a football stadium in Stavanger, Norway
• Vikings, sports teams of North American schools:
  • Augustana College (Illinois)
  • Augustana College (South Dakota)
  • Augustana University College, Alberta, Canada
  • Bethany Lutheran College, Minnesota
  • Cleveland State University, Ohio
  • Portland State University, Oregon
  • Waterloo Collegiate Institute, Ontario, Canada
  • Western Washington University
• Widnes Vikings, an English rugby league club

Aircraft

• ASL Viking, a two-seater biplane first flown in 1912
• Vickers Viking, a British military aircraft introduced in 1919
• Vance Viking, an American single-seat cargo and racing aircraft first flown in 1932
• Vickers VC.1 Viking, a British airliner introduced in 1946
• Bellanca Viking, a four-seat American plane introduced in 1967
• Lockheed S-3 Viking, a U.S. Navy aircraft introduced in 1974
• Grob Viking, a Royal Air Force plane introduced in the 1980s

Land vehicles

• Viking (automobile), manufactured by Oldsmobile from 1929 to 1931
• BvS 10, an all-terrain armoured vehicle called Viking by the British Armed Forces

Ships

• HMS Viking, several British Royal Navy ships
• USS Viking, various United States Navy ships
• HNoMS Viking (1891), a Royal Norwegian Navy gunboat
• Viking class submarine, a planned but canceled European submarine class
• HSC Viking, a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet
• SS Viking, a steam-powered sealing ship used to film The Viking (1931 film)
• Viking (barque), a Danish sailing ship, now used as a hotel
• Viking (ship), a Norwegian replica of a Viking ship
• Viking Line, a Finnish ferry and cruise operator, and its ships:
  • MS Viking 1, MS Viking 3 and MS Viking 4, nearly identical ferry ships, and MS Viking 5, an enlarged version of the same design
  • MS Viking XPRS, a Viking Line fast cruise ferry
  • MS Viking ADCC, a planned but canceled Viking Line ferry
  • Viking, a passenger ferry built in 1905, later renamed HMS Vindex

Other uses

• MP-446 Viking, a Russian semi-automatic pistol
• Task Force Viking, a US Army formation in the Iraq War
• Independent Order of Vikings, an American fraternal organization
• St Andrews Viking, an American powered parachute design
• Viking Formation, a geological feature
• Viking Wind Farm, a proposed Shetland Islands wind farm
• The Vikings (reenactment), a UK-based historical reenactment society

See also

• FC Viikingit, a Finnish football club
• Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, an Icelandic football club
• Wiking (disambiguation)