Mathias Nordvig

Mathias Nordvig (M.A. in Nordic languages and literatures, Aarhus University 2010, PhD in Old Norse mythology, Aarhus University, 2014) is assistant teaching professor and head of the Nordic program. He teaches subjects on Old Norse mythology, Scandinavian witchcraft, Nordic colonization, and indigenous Arctic cultures. His research focuses on environmental knowledge in Old Norse literature, masculinity, racism, and far-right ideologies in contemporary uses of Old Norse literature and culture, the use of Nordic pre-Christian histories in contemporary music and art, and Nordic feminisms in Black Metal music. He is the author of Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology: Myth and Environment in Early Iceland (Leeds: Arch Humanities Press, 2021). He is currently working on two books: Old Norse Mythology. An Introduction (Abingdon: Routledge, 2025), and Ásatrú Music. The Sounds of Nordic Antiquity (Maryland: Lexington Books, 2024), the latter in co-authorship with Dr. Ross Hagen at Utah Valley University. His most recent articles and book chapters include “Spellbinding Skálds. Music as Ritual in Nordic Neopaganism,” (Living Folk Religions, eds. Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Aaron Ullrey, Abingdon: Routledge, 2023), co-authored with Dr. Padraic Fitzgerald; “From Barbarian to Lord: The Influence of Männerbund-theories on Alt-right Author Jack Donovan’s Literature,” (The Wild Hunt for Numinous Knowledge: Perspectives on and from the Study of Pre-Christian Nordic Religions in Honour of Jens Peter Schjødt, eds. Karen Bek-Pedersen, Sophie Bønding, Luke John Murphy, Simon Nygaard and Morten Warmind. Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift Thematic Edition, 74, 2022); and “Aggressive Masculinity and Environment in the Icelandic Landnám” (Limes. Studies and materials from the history of middle-east Europe: Grettis Little Sword. Constructing Masculinity in Old Norse Culture, eds. Remigiusz Gorgosz and Ásdís Egilsdóttir, Rzeszów: University of Rzeszów Press, 2021).