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Specialized in Handpoke Nordic tattoo | also machine tattoos

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Nordic tattoo in Sweden – Jormungandr and a Seal – A sleeve dedicated to Rán, the goddess of the sea. In Norse mythology, Rán is a goddess and personification of the sea. Rán and her husband Ægir, a jötunn who also personifies the sea, produced together nine daughters who personify the sea waves. Rán also has a son Snær who personifies the snow. Rán may also be the mother of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, wife of the god Freyr. The goddess is frequently associated with a net, which she uses to capture sea-goers. According to the prose introduction to a poem in the Poetic Edda and in Völsunga saga, Rán once loaned her net to the god Loki.

Jelling Style (900—975) Wolf with Mushrooms. The Viking art style Jellinge is a phase of Scandinavian animal art that took place during the late 10th century. Bridging the earlier Borre style with the later Mammen style, it is characterized by ribbon-like stylized animal motifs and band-shaped bodies of animals. It was originally applied to a variety of objects in Jelling, Denmark, such as Gorm’s Cup by King Gorm and Harald Bluetooth’s great runestone, but more recently the style is included in the Mammen style.

Nordic tattoos inspired by the past, nature, mushrooms, folk art, symbolism, runestones and nordic mythology. I am based in Sweden, Västra Götaland. Visit us in Sweden!

Handpoked Ravens | In Norse mythology, Huginn and Muninn roughly „mind and will“ are a pair of ravens that serve under the god Odin, flying around the world, or better Midgard, and bringing him information and gossip. Huginn and Muninn are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources: the Prose Edda and Heimskringla. In the Third Grammatical Treatise, compiled in the 13th century by Óláfr Þórðarson and in the poetry of skalds.

Urnes Style inspired Nordic Tattoo with the godess Skadi as a symbol. All handpoked and freehand drawn on the skin. The Urnes style is an art style from the late Viking age, used around c. 1050–1125 AD.

The name of the style comes from the ornamentation on the portal of the Urnes stave church you see below in Vestland County, Norway, and was coined by the Norwegian archaeologist Haakon Shetelig (1877–1955) in 1909.

The Urnes style is the last phase of Viking art. The style is a refinement of the Ringerike style and depends upon interplay of gracefully curving lines for its effect.

The animals are still curvaceous and one or more snakes are included with the quadrupeds. The spiral hip is still used, but it is not as large as in the Mammen and Ringerike styles. The animals have large almond-shaped eyes and often bite one another.

The Urnes style was also often used on runic stones, when the runic inscription was carried within the body of the animal. A good example from Lingsberg, Uppland, Sweden, has a Christian cross and two Urnes style animals which carry the runic inscription.

A handpoked tattoo sleeve done in several sessions.

Urnes Stav Church. Image: WikiArt

Urnes Style handpoked Tattoo
Urnes stave church

This tattoo was inspired by the Ringerike Style wind velvet in gold-plated bronze you see on the last slide. This find from the Viking Age 750 – 1100 AD is exhibited @historiska in Stockholm.

The Söderala vane (Swedish: Söderalaflöjeln) is a weather vane dating from the Viking Age, richly ornamented and made of gilt bronze. It derives its name from Söderala Church in Söderala, Sweden, where it was used as a weather vane during the 18th century. It was most probably originally used as a vane on a Viking ship, and shows signs of wear. On stylistic grounds, it has been dated to c. 1050. It is today part of the collections of the Swedish History Museum. A copy of the vane is in Söderala.

The Söderala vane consists of a triangular plate, made of gilt bronze and reinforced by smaller bronze plates and rivets in some places. A small sculpture of an animal, kept separately from the vane when it was bought by the museum, was originally attached to the top end of the bronze plate. The curved edge of the plate is pierced by several small holes, in which some kind of loosely hanging decorations may once have been attached. The plate itself is decorated with depictions of three beasts, interlaced with each other and with other purely decorative elements such as spirals, in a style closely related to that of Swedish burial monuments from the middle of the 11th century. The main decorative element is a depiction of a Norse dragon with wings, its forelegs and neck stretched somewhat like a horse about to rise. Its back is comparatively small. The dragon is very similar to a dragon depicted on a tombstone from the mid-11th century from Sundby Church in Södermanland, Sweden. Another creature lies coiled around the forelegs of the dragon, while the third, legless, is wrapped around the body of the dragon.

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Foto: Ola Myrin, @historiska SHM CC By 4.0

I made this Nordic Tattoo Sleeve for a wonderful person inspired by the famous Gotland Picture Stone (Hammar Stone I). It tells his life-story in the visual language of the picture stone. Family, worklife, important events. lifechanging events. Everything combined to one picture around the arm. Everything is connected like life is.

The Stora Hammars I picture stone (GP 253) on Gotland, Sweden, is a limestone monument measuring approximately 391 cm in height and 162 cm in width. Dating to around 700–1000 AD (Lindqvist Type C/D), it is characterized as a tall, slender stone featuring six panels of detailed, mythological carvings. Stora Hammars, Lärbro parish, Gotland. You will find the stone on Gotland (@bungemuseet) Bunge Museet.

I love to do these storytelling tattoos. I like to freehand and help you to tell and visualize your story on your skin. I work in Sweden, Västra Götaland @vik__ink studio and also in Germany @ancientskin.tattoo.studio — Handpoke or Machine Tattoos.

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A handpoked sleeve (work in progress) inspired by the heraldry of Denmark. The idea is to put all three lions and the hearts into the sleeve. On the top there is a spirit animal, the bear (also a link to the heraldry, where Greenland is represented with the polar-bear). And again: This is not a political statement, this is something for the soul! 🙏🏻

The state coat of arms of Denmark (rigsvåben) consists of three pale blue lions passant wearing crowns, accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as heraldic hearts), all in a golden shield with the royal crown on top.

The national coat of arms of Denmark (nationalvåben, also called lille våben) is similar to the state coat of arms, but without the royal crown above the shield.

All Handpoked over several sessions in Germany and Sweden. There is still some work that needs to be done. Looking forward to the next time. Nordic Tattoo in Västra Götaland, Sweden.

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Torslunda helmet plates Handpoked wolfman warrior tattoo – The Torslunda helmet plates are four cast bronze dies found in Torslunda parish on Öland, Sweden, displaying figures in relief depicting scenes from Germanic mythology. Discovered in 1870, they are now housed @historiska i Stockholm and are famous for their complete mythological scenes. Dating back to the Vendel Period (550-800), each plate features different mythological designs, including depictions of warriors and figures reminiscent of Norse gods like Odin. Plate number 2 notably shows a figure with a missing right eye, suggesting Odin, who sacrificed an eye for wisdom. This figure is accompanied by a wolfman, interpreted as a berserker, symbolizing the frenzy of battle. They were likely used for mass production by placing foil against the scenes and applying pressure from the back. #nordictattoo #handpoketattoo

Handpoked wolfman warrior tattoo – The Torslunda helmet plates are four cast bronze dies found in Torslunda parish on Öland, Sweden, displaying figures in relief depicting scenes from Germanic mythology. Discovered in 1870, they are now housed @historiska i Stockholm and are famous for their complete mythological scenes. Dating back to the Vendel Period (550-800), each plate features different mythological designs, including depictions of warriors and figures reminiscent of Norse gods like Odin. Plate number 2 notably shows a figure with a missing right eye, suggesting Odin, who sacrificed an eye for wisdom. This figure is accompanied by a wolfman, interpreted as a berserker, symbolizing the frenzy of battle. They were likely used for mass production by placing foil against the scenes and applying pressure from the back.

Photo: Historiska Sweden

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The „2026“ Lunar Year of the Fire Horse, which begins today is a year of swift, transformation and active movement. A very powerful sign and symbol. Its the perfect time to start something new, to left behind whats not serving anymore. It brings me directly to the connection of Raido. The Raido rune (ᚱ) is strongly associated with the horse, representing the journey of life, movement, and the „ride“ of the horse itself. Raido is known as the rune of the journey, representing both physical travel and spiritual, internal, or emotional evolution. It implies taking initiative, gaining control of one’s life, and finding the right path.

This tattoo shows Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin. It is inspired by the Tjängvide image stone. This is a Viking Age artifact from Gotland, Sweden, significant for its detailed mythological carvings. Discovery and Location: The stone was discovered in 1844 on a farm in Tjängvide, Gotland, and is now housed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm @historiska

Image: Anställd vid SHM, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0)

Nordic Tattoo Sweden & Germany — Freehand drawn directly on the skin. Tattooed by hand and machine.

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Carving the body like the Runes and Dragons on the Viking Age stones. I do Nordic Tattoo designs, specialized on traditional handpoke, based on the ancient nordic art. I love to do reinterpretations of ancient designs ideas and culturual symbols and bring it into a new context, a very personal meaning and powerful symbol or memory as it was in the past. To honour the value of ourselves and awaken the memories we forgot. Remember the connection to nature.

The picture on the last slide is from 1926 and shows a young lady with thr runestone (U1006) in Lejsta, Rasbo, Uppland, Sweden. The inscription reads:

English: Girl at a rune stone (U 1006) in Lejsta. The inscription says: „Vigdjärv and Jorund and Sigbjörn had the stone raised in memory of Svartung, their father“.

Svenska: Flicka vid runsten (U 1006) i Lejsta. Ristningen säger: „Vigdjärv och Jorund och Sigbjörn lät resa stenen till minne av Svartung, sin fader“.

📷 B. Bergman | Swedish National Heritage Board

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All handpoked and made to move! This is RATATOSKR („drill-tooth“ or „bore-tooth“) is a mischievous red squirrel in Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil, constantly conveying malicious gossip, insults, and slander between the eagle at the top and the serpent Níðhöggr below. He serves as a messenger who stirs conflict between the worlds. The squirell is mentioned in the Poetic Edda (Grímnismál) and Prose Edda (Gylfaginning). You see me feeding a representant of this symbol on the last picture.

Handpoked Tattoo, still work in progress as it will be expanded later. Nordic handpoked Tattoo, freehand drawn directly on the skin in my studio in Germany. You will also find me as a resident artist in Sweden (Västra Götaland).

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This handpoked Mammen Style (c. 950 – 1030) inspired Nordic Dragon tattoo was freehand drawn and all handpoked. And the second sleeve of this brave man. The Mammen style grew out of the Jellinge style, and it can sometimes be difficult to tell them apart. The name comes from a small, decorated axe-head, you will find in the last slide here, from a grave in Mammen, Denmark. Recent dendrochronological dating has suggested a date of c. 970 for the grave.

The Axe is inlaid with silver wires: on one side is a foliate pattern. On the other side, which you see on the picture is a bird. The body of the bird is thicker than the ribbon-like bodies of the Jellinge style animals: it is decorated with dots, and there is a large spiral hip. The wings and tail are drawn into long, curving tendrils. At the top of the axe is a human face mask with round eyes, a large nose and a spiral beard.

✍🏻 I have free bookings in Sweden this year. Write me to get your personalized freehand Nordic Sleeve. Handpoked or machine. What‘s your favourite style, figurine from Nordic Mythology or Artefact? Tell me and I make something meaningful out of it for you.

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