Peter Nicolai Arbo

Peter Nicolai Arbo
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Peter Nicolai Arbo, self portrait 1874.

Peter Nicolai Arbo (June 18, 1831 – October 14, 1892) was a Norwegian painter, who specialized in painting historical motifs and images from Norse mythology.

His most famous paintings are Åsgårdsreien (1872) and Valkyrien (1865). He actually made two very similar valkyrie paintings. Åsgårdsreien was used as the cover artwork for the 1988 album Blood Fire Death by the Swedish black metal band Bathory.

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The Wild Hunt of Odin (Åsgårdsreien), 1872	Valkyrie, 1865	Valkyrie, 1869	Gizur challenges the Huns
Saint Olav at the battle of Stiklestad	Hervor's death		Ingeborg
Olaf Tryggvasson	Håkon the Good (1860)	Battle of Stamford Bridge	Nótt
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