Lars & Sven Foundation

Annual Winternights Viking Festival - Our main event held annually to honor share learn and promote Vikings and early Norse culture and beliefs. Donations from it go to the Northern NJ Veterans Memorial Cemetery and to our foundation so that it can continue to hold this and other activities. This year we were able to provide a donation of $618 to NNJVMC. A Viking encampment was built including a forge an iron smelting furnace a longhouse fire pit and a hand grain mill for grinding berries and grains. Educational exhibits and leaflets were provided including 3 replica runestone monuments a large Yggdrasil mural multiple tapestries a large banner with Viking runes alphabet on it along with multiple replica artifacts such as axes wooden wedges and large wooden mallets that were used to split logs then trim them down to make long ships. Educational talks and discussions were held as well as Viking fighting reenactments. Childrens area with activities was set up.