Viking reenactment groups
Want to go beyond visiting? These groups practise Viking-age crafts, combat and camp life, and many welcome new members. Listings use only public information from network directories.
Alberta
The Ravens
Edmonton Viking-age reenactment group (793–1066) recreating daily life, crafts and combat for school visits, corporate and public events.
Heimdall's Spears
Red Deer Viking reenactment group demonstrating woodworking, textiles, clay, games and combat; available to hire for events.
Company of Viking Archers (COVA)
Family-oriented Viking-age living history group in and around Calgary that meets regularly for combat, archery and craft practice.
British Columbia
The Úlfhéðnar – Okanagan Vikings
Okanagan Viking group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Reik Félag
Norse Culture Recreation Society that builds and runs the Viking Village at the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, with Old Norse games, trade, weaving and blacksmithing demonstrations.
California
Wolves ov Odin
Southern California chapter of Vikings North America.
Idaho
Iðunnheimr
Viking-age group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Vikings of Idaho
Idaho Viking community group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Indiana
Iowa
The Skjaldborg
Midwest Viking reenactment group with an annual Viking Meet, kit and combat guides, and festival encampments.
Kentucky
Vatnborg
Kentucky chapter of Vikings North America.
Manitoba
Hands of Lugh
Non-profit Viking-age (793–1066) living history society with craft demonstrations and rebated-steel combat; meets in Winnipeg and western Manitoba and partners on the Viking Village at the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba.
Oklahoma
Glomesdal
VNA herred covering Oklahoma, with members in Arkansas, southwest Missouri and the Dallas area.
Ontario
Sigtryggring
Ontario's largest Viking-age reenactment group (founded 2018), portraying Scandinavian, Saxon, Rus and Norman life through craft, cuisine, clothing and Eastern-style combat; members across Southern Ontario, centred on the Tri-Cities and Toronto.
Oregon
Timberhaven Vikings (Timbrhǫfn)
Portland-area chapter of Vikings North America; living history and accurate re-creation of Viking-age life.
Quebec
La troupe d'Aegir
French-language non-profit Viking reenactment troupe (2014) from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean portraying Viking life 700–950 with craft workshops, camp kitchen, artisan market and combat shows; trains weekly in Chicoutimi.
Saskatchewan
Vatnheim Vikings
Incorporated non-profit Viking living-history society (950–1100), formerly Nordhere, offering public demos, combat, crafts and village displays, including events at the University of Saskatchewan's Museum of Antiquities.
Virginia
Ostvik Vikings
Virginia Beach group portraying Birka-era traders around 950 AD.
Ofrid-Modr
Central Virginia VNA group focused on the Baltic area, 790–1100.
Washington
Hrafngarðr Vikings
Sons of Norway–based Viking group, member of the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Járnborg
Viking-age living history group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
The Glamfolk
Viking-age living history group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Járnfolk
Private Viking-age group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Vanir-Lag
Viking-age living history group in the Northwest Viking Alliance.
Sólhjálmr
Viking Age reenactment group (Spokane & Coeur d'Alene) focused on education and living history across the Inland Northwest.
Northwest Shield Wall
Northwest steel-combat / shield wall group listed in the NWVA directory.
Networks
Sources: Northwest Viking Alliance group directory, Vikings North America groups, The Skjaldborg. HistoricalVikings.org also keeps a map of groups.
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