An early 20th century Swedish cast metal advertising figurine of a Viking by sculptress Alice Nordin (1871 - 1948), for Swedish steel company Soderberg & Haak. 

Black painted heavy metal, (possibly cast iron or brass), with solid plinth. Nordin's signature appears on one side of the plinth, on another - 'Soderberg & Haak, Stockholm, 1866 - 1916' and on a third side the foundry stamp for 'H. Bergman.

Soderberg & Haak started as a steel manufacturing company and continues to the present day as a supplier of agricultural machinery.

The Viking is in good 'antique' condition. The left 'wing' on the Viking's helmet has had a knock compacting it a little into the helmet, the tip of the sword is slightly bent .

Height - 17 cm, base - 7 x 6.5 cm, weight - 1.5 kg.