| Famous Modern Day Norwegian Vikings | | | | descent to look back at their distant Viking |
| The runic alphabets varied among the different | | | | cousins and be proud. |
| Scandinavian countries. There is no rune for the | | | | We all know that the Norwegian Leif Erickson |
| letter 'Q' in any of the runic alphabets; except in | | | | discovered America in 1000 AD. |
| an Icelandic type of rune called 'KVISTANNAN', | | | | This names below are from Norway's Golden Age |
| which means, "Branch Runes." | | | | before Socialism put a strong hold on it. There are |
| The reason I tell you about the 'Q' rune is that it | | | | many unsung modern Scandinavian heroes that |
| is the first letter in the name Quisling. Vidkum | | | | you may not know or have forgotten. |
| Quisling was a Norwegian prophet who has been | | | | Henrik Ibsen, the immortal Dramatist - Peer Gynt. |
| demonized by the victors of WWII. | | | | Edvard Grieg, inspired by Norwegian folk songs. |
| He was a Norwegian patriot who tried to free | | | | Set Peer Gynt, to music. |
| Norway from the chains that bound her. He also | | | | Knut Hanson, won the Nobel Prize for literature. |
| wanted to protect her from the Bolshevik | | | | Sigrid Urdset, steeped in Norwegian tradition won |
| invasion of the world. | | | | a Nobel prize. |
| When Germany invaded Norway, Major Vidkum | | | | Edvard Munch, the great imaginative painter |
| Quisling announced to the world that he was the | | | | whose marvelous frescoes decorate the Oslo |
| new prime minister of Norway. He sided with | | | | University Hall. |
| Germany to fight the evil spread of communism. | | | | Kirsten Flagstad, the famous Wagnerian Singer. |
| Nordic ideology and communism cannot co-exist. | | | | B Jornstjerne BJornson, national poet, composed |
| They are too opposite to each other in ideals. | | | | the moving National anthem JA, Vi, Elsker (Yes, |
| Britain and the leftist parliament of Norway never | | | | we Love). |
| forgave him for this. | | | | Gustan Vigeland, The monumental sculptor. |
| At the end of the war he was placed on trial and | | | | Dr. Fridtjoff Nansen, sportsman, scientist, |
| executed by a firing squad. That was 1945. the | | | | explorer, author, humanitarian regarded as the |
| victors re-write history and the patriots die. | | | | greatest European of the 20th century. |
| I am very interested in the little know | | | | Roald Amundsen, first reached the magnetic Pole |
| Scandinavian history. This new politically correct | | | | and beat Scott to the South Pole. |
| world we live in is slowly but surely destroying our | | | | Sondre Nordheim invented down hill sking. |
| history or re-writing it with lies. We have to dig to | | | | Roald Dhal, who's children's stories (Willie Wonka) |
| find the truth. We have to do the same with | | | | have been loved world wide. |
| Quisling. | | | | Oscar Mathisen, the greatest of all speed skaters. |
| My interest in Norway arises from the fact that | | | | Sonja Henie, the greatest of all figure skaters. |
| my grand mother on my father's side was half | | | | Trygue Lie, the former General Secretary of the |
| Norwegian and half Danish. My paternal | | | | U.N. |
| grandfather was all Swedish. | | | | Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame. |
| Therefore I have the true blood and DNA of my | | | | There I have started a list for you. Now continue |
| Viking, Norse men ancestors coursing through my | | | | it and teach it to your children and grand children. |
| veins. So whenever I get the chance to I write | | | | Don't let them become so politically correct that |
| about my Scandinavian Ancestors. And I try to | | | | they forget their rich heritage and where their |
| correct the lies. | | | | ancestors came from. |
| This following list is for Americans of Norse | | | | |