A Nordic send-off conjures up images of iconic viking pyres, right? Wrong, turns out they are not big fans of cremation There is something of odd here, the percentage of Danes and Swedes opting for cremation is circa 70%+, nothing surprising there comparable with many secular progressive democracies, but Norway figures range from 36% (Wikipedia)…
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Baldur the viking god cremated on his longboat
Baldur is an ancient Norse God, in fact the only norse god I have found associated with being cremated in a viking longboat. Baldur was the son of Odin (king of the gods) and his wife Frigg (who gives her name to Friday). Anyway he was a well loved god, famed for his intelligence…
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