Talk:Viking revival

What are the roots of the word "septentrionalism?" Isthere seven (sept) of something? Or is "septentra-" a word having to do with Scandinavia or raiding or what?165.91.64.166 (talk) 21:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)RKH
 * [Septentrional] seems to be the origin of the word. Adding a link. I do find it quite odd to use it here and if the word was to be removed I wouldn't mind (is there any reference to anyone using the word to refer to the topic of the article?)

After reading the article, I still have no idea what it's supposed to be fundamentally about. Are we talking about revived interest in the Vikings as literary material? as subjects for scholarly investigation? as symbols of nationalism or cultural heritage? What's the main focus of this whole thing. Contrast Celtic revival for the early 20th-century Irish literary (re)discovery of 'the Celtic': the latter article spells out very clearly what happened, when it happened, and what it meant. QuartierLatin1968 17:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * might that be why the article has the "expand" template? At least it gives a reference, Wawn is very good, if you really care enough, you can get hold of Wawn, and after you did maybe even, well, expand the article. dab (&#5839;) 17:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

redirecting 'scandophile' here seems like an odd choice, considering the form of the other *phile pages

I (Moderndaymachiavelli) would strongly recommend that "Gesta Danorum" be attributed to it's danish writer Saxo Gramaticus so as not to be believed being swedish!

Jan Guillou is not a historian. He is a journalist and a fiction writer and should not be used as a reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.11.240.74 (talk) 16:31, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

There was no "viking-culture". This article seems to be based very largely on the romantism it describes. Dan Koehl (talk) 22:52, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I find it quite odd that you claim that there is no viking-culture, since there is an abundance of evidence that there is (unless you are refering to the raiding culture which there are only few and biased writings about) -- a pan-Scandinavian culture has existed and to some extent is still present (though it was not only present in scandinavia, but also in most of the coastline of the norse sea). Regardless, this article is only(!) about the revival of the viking culture (that is the romanticising of that culture) which began in Norway ca. 1800 and spread to Sweden and Denmark, resulting in the attempt to create a pan-Scandinavian state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.167.145.223 (talk) 14:31, 13 November 2009 (UTC)