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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.

Gallery

The Wild Hunt of Odin (Åsgårdsreien), 1872	Valkyrie by Arbo.jpg Valkyrie, 1865	Valkyrie, 1869	Gizur challenges the Huns
Saint Olav at the battle of Stiklestad	Peter Nicolai Arbo-Hervors død.jpg Hervor\'s death		Ingeborg, peter nicolai arbo.jpg Ingeborg
Peter nicolai arbo, olaf tryggvasson king.jpg Olaf Tryggvasson	Hakon the good, by peter nicolai arbo.jpg Håkon the Good (1860)	Stamford by Peter Nicolai Arbo.jpg Battle of Stamford Bridge	Nott painting.jpg Nótt
Dagr by Arbo.jpg Dagr	Sverrir

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