Nordic art

Jelling is named after a Danish royal grave in Jutland and usually involves heavy animal designs.

The style is named after the district in Norway where examples of Ringerike exist in local sandstone.

Over 70 feet long, it held the remains of two women and many precious objects that were probably removed by robbers early before discovery.

The head of the ship represents a roaring beast with surface ornamentation in the form of interwoven animals that twist and turn as they are gripping and snapping.

The decoration of the wooden portal of the stave church located in Urnes, Norway is abstractly made up of animal forms that tightly intertwine with flexible plant stalks following a spiral rhythm.

[2] Danish art goes back thousands of years with significant artifacts from the 2nd millennium BC, such as the Trundholm sun chariot.

Until that time, the art scene in Norway had been dominated by imports from Germany and Holland and by the influence of Danish rule.

[11] In 2012, the Norwegian monarchy established the Queen Sonja Nordic Art Award.