Viking board game Hnefatafl photo gallery

Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
23/6/2026. Midsummer Eve in the "Land of Legends" in Lejre, Denmark.

Photo 1
In the background the as-accurate-as-possible reconstruction of the Royal Hall found 1.5 km from here.
In front a model of Odin From Lejre found on the same site.

Photo 24
An Iron Age woman guide tells stories from the times of the Royal Hall.

Photo 27
People start gathering for the Midsummer bonfire.

Photo 28-33
A representative each from Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and 1850, gather at the bonfire to compete, who'll be the first to lit the bonfire?

Photo 34 ff.
Reconstruction of an Iron Age village.

Photo 37 ff.
The Sacrificial Bog. Midsummer ritual with offerings.

Photo 57
Reconstruction of a prehistoric road through a marshy area.

Photo 59
Reconstruction of a Long Barrow.

Photo 64
Medicinal Herb Garden.

Photo 65 ff.
Sculpture of the Midgard Serpent.

Photo 69
Midsummer Eve midnight, looking north.

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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
22/4/2026.
The annual Easter outing to the spring beech forest at the Land of Legends in Lejre.
The forest floor is beautifully covered with carpets of flowers - anemones, lesser celandine, and many more.
Image 16 and 17: two Bronze Age burial mounds.
Image 19: memorial stone marking the abolition of serfdom.
Image 20: the speaker's platform and the natural amphitheatre in the forest, where large constitutional meetings were held 200 years ago.
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Basque Christmas Tafl Tournament 2025.

Tournament results.
Photographer: Egoitz Campo, Basque Country.
20/12/2025 Egoitz Campo sent these photos from the Basque Christmas Tafl Tournament 2025.
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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
15/11/2025. Hnefatafl Board Game Day at the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The first photo is from Copenhagen Central Station.
At the museum, in addition to the permanent exhibitions, there was a special exhibition about Christmas - and today, a board game day.
At the Hnefatafl tables, I counted at least 20 guests at any given time.
The hosts at the board game tables were Gustaf Løvenlund ("gulo") and two colleagues.
The two Hnefatafl games shown were made by Gustaf Løvenlund.
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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
16/8/2025. Kalundborg Medieval Festival 2025, Denmark.
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Photographer: Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Russia.
26/7/2025. Dmitrij Tsvilenev made this photo series and informs:
These are some photos from the "Mind Games Festival" in Moscow today ("Igry Razuma").
There are many historic and modern board games: Go, checkers, hnefatafl, daldos, even latruculi and Ur.
We showed how to play Tafl and held introductory games for the visitors.
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Photographer: Alexander Steiger Dis, Ukraine.
20/7/2025. Alexander Steiger Dis sent this photo of tafl set at the Black Sea.
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Basque Tafl Tournament 2025.

Tournament results.
Photographer: Egoitz Campo, Basque Country.
13/7/2025 Egoitz Campo sent these photos from the Basque Tafl Tournament 2025.
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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
8/2/2025. Here are some photos from Saturday's Classical Board Games Day held in Zealand, Denmark.
The Saami Tablut-w 9x9 with ignored throne ("Market Hnefatafl") was used.
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Photographer: Dmitrij Tsvilenev ("Dimetr"), Russia.
2/2/2025. Dmitrij Tsvilenev made this photo series and writes:
This is some photo from Larix festival 2025.
This year, there were only few people, so we didn't hold the tournament.
We just played Tafl for fun, and showed several new players how to play.
I also gave a short interview for television, about Tafl.

- Below are also photo series from Larix February 3rd 2024, February 1st 2023 and January 31st 2022.
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Basque Christmas Tafl Tournament 2024.

Tournament results.
Photographer: Egoitz Campo, Basque Country.
9/1/2025 Egoitz Campo sent these photos from the Basque Christmas Tafl Tournament 2024.
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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
19/10/2024. Here are some photos from Saturday's Classical Board Games Day held in Zealand, Denmark.
The Saami Tablut-w 9x9 with ignored throne ("Market Hnefatafl") was again used and worked very efficiently in the games with total beginners.
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Photographer: Alexander Steiger Dis, Ukraine..
3/9/2024. Alexander Steiger Dis sent these photos of new tafl sets.
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16-18/8/2024 Ringsted Medieval Festival 2024.

Photographers: Elisabeth Andersen and Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
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Photographer: Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
12/8/2024 Preparing for the Medieval Festival 2024.
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Photographers: Elisabeth Andersen and Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
28/7/2024 Norwegian viking ship Gaia visits Roskilde Viking Ship Museum.
This reconstruction of Norway's largest viking ship sailed to here from Tønsberg. The ship was built 1990 and crossed 1991 the Atlantic from Norway to New York, USA, on occasion of the 1000 years anniversary of Leif Ericsson's arrival to America.
The crew can be 40 men, but the ship can be sailed by 8 men alone.
The trip to Roskilde is the old ship's last voyage. It will now be permanently set on land, and a new ship be built. As researchers now know more than they did in 1990, the new reconstruction will be a bit shorter and a bit broader.
The original ship was built the year 901 and was found in Gokstad a few kilometres from another remarkable viking ship, Oseberg, which visited Roskilde nine years ago (see photos July 2015).
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Photographers: Elisabeth Andersen and Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
19/7/2024 Trelleborg Viking Festival 2024.
Gøsta Petterson, Denmark, created and brought these board games to the Viking Festival.
We met this board carved in the table and all warriors set up ready for a game!
The other board is made from the one found in Oslo. On its backside Nine Men's Morris.
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Trelleborg Viking Festival 2024.

Photographers: Elisabeth Andersen and Aage Nielsen, Denmark.
19/7/2024 Trelleborg Viking Festival 2024.
1000 vikings in camp, and 250 heavily armed vikings in battle.
The battles ended with a demonstration of a giant shieldwall of 250 vikings, and the sight was so amazing that I froze and didn't get the photo.
The singing woman viking comes from Scania and plays a bowed lyre.
- And we brought home a bottle of fine wild berry mead!
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Photos: Luk Martens, Belgium.

22/7/2024. See also Tafl Shops
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Photographer: SkyeTafl, Netherlands.

14/7/2024. SkyeTafl writes:
My game (on a new board and set) against Colophonius, i still have some hope).
21/7/2024: New chess set.
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Basque Country Tafl Championship 2024.

Tournament results.
Photographer: Egoitz Campo, Basque Country.
11/7/2024 Egoitz Campo sent these photos and writes:
We have played the I. Basque Country Tafl Championship. We played the last saturday and here I send you some photos and results. We played 2 games per match and if they won their games, won the player who captured more pieces.
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Photographers: Aage Nielsen and Elisabeth Andersen, Denmark.
16/6/2024. John Larsen, Denmark, created this chess set and game box. The chess pieces are turned from steel and brass.
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Photo gallery on the Viking board game Hnefatafl.

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