Rune's Viking Reflects His Cultural Pride

On a Friday last month, I ran into a couple from Denmark near Herald Square in the pedestrian median between Broadway and 6th Avenue.<br /><br />The gentleman had a lot of work done on his legs, so I approached and introduced myself. Rune was kind enough to not only share a tattoo, but to pull up his shorts a bit to reveal this tattoo that ran from his mid-thigh down to his calf:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10ZM95BanlTXtOqYJNv8UZAYRoyJa31097NDBfLT8mY76uqBzlzSTfOJkCZoNUS-rb9BceE_QOnlUbVOUUQzKGJjXvrluWxOIjUsJA57-Zj_HoyETgAc73m5sdOYVXx7FZ6jQO1jk/s1600/Viking+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10ZM95BanlTXtOqYJNv8UZAYRoyJa31097NDBfLT8mY76uqBzlzSTfOJkCZoNUS-rb9BceE_QOnlUbVOUUQzKGJjXvrluWxOIjUsJA57-Zj_HoyETgAc73m5sdOYVXx7FZ6jQO1jk/s640/Viking+wm.jpg" width="278" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rune explained that this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking">Viking</a> tattoo reflects the pride he has in the old history of the Norsemen that inhabited Scandinavia in the earliest part of the last millenium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rune credits Frans at <a href="http://www.hugotattoo3frans.dk//">Hugo Tattoo</a> with this wonderful work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGGR9fwTIf4z2ODoOpgFLWoRuxVGwK4fBET-I5wHatigAi_dnrF95d5bLHI86C7QrYYMFiyJjGuZUj8lF9RONrNaVZyukBU-Ayxi2uCw8MZ8ZnLEvDNavsVgLJBwPnf4oiaYTS8ZKF/s1600/Viking+detail+wm4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGGR9fwTIf4z2ODoOpgFLWoRuxVGwK4fBET-I5wHatigAi_dnrF95d5bLHI86C7QrYYMFiyJjGuZUj8lF9RONrNaVZyukBU-Ayxi2uCw8MZ8ZnLEvDNavsVgLJBwPnf4oiaYTS8ZKF/s640/Viking+detail+wm4.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Rune for sharing this cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Rune's Viking Reflects His Cultural Pride

On a Friday last month, I ran into a couple from Denmark near Herald Square in the pedestrian median between Broadway and 6th Avenue. The ge...

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