[Northkeep] FW: I read this article earlier and thought it was interesting.

Chuck Kaun jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 5 13:09:45 PDT 2005


Just something amusing for you friendly norse types out there.  Apparently 
this is a real job, not a joke.


Cearl the Saxon


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>Norwegian Job Ad Seeks Friendly Vikings
>Source: Associated Press/AP Online
>Publication date: 2005-04-05
>
>
>OSLO, Norway - Help wanted: Vikings. Must be friendly, tourist-oriented
>and interested in ancient Norse traditions. Crazed, bloodthirsty
>pillagers need not apply.
>In a rare employment opportunity for Vikings, whose job market peaked
>about 1,000 years ago when they terrorized Europe in their longboats,
>southern Norway's Vestfold county wants to fill slots at its local
>historical park.
>The ad, to appear in local media Saturday, will be simple: "Jobs
>available. Vikings in Vestfold," with a link to the center's Internet
>home page, said Lars Kobro, self-described chieftain of the Midgard
>Historical Center.
>"More and more we see that tourists are interested in Vikings," Kobro
>said Tuesday. "They don't want just exhibits, but face-to-face
>encounters.
>But the center is seeking to play down the Scandinavian Vikings'
>reputation as wild, murderous looters who pillaged and burned through
>much of Europe, a claim Kobro said was largely exaggerated in texts left
>by ancient English monks.
>"They were really more traders and merchants," said Kobro. He said they
>are seeking a corps of about 50 part-time Vikings, ready to turn out at
>the center when needed.
>Publication date: 2005-04-05





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