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‘See you in Valhalla’: how the FBI director waded into the far-right’s obsession with the Vikings

At a press conference announcing that the suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk had been detained, FBI director Kash Patel ended his speech with a personal message to his “brother”, saying: “We have the watch, and I’ll see you in Valhalla.” Many people commenting on the press conference reacted to this confusing reference to Valhalla with a mixture of amusement and disdain, with some pointing out the contradiction of eulogising a Christian nationalist with reference to the pagan afterlife...

Authors

Tom Birkett

Year
2025
Journal Name
The Conversation
Category
Journal Article
Keywords
Valhalla; Norse; Vikings; Ethnonationalism; Far-right; White supremacy
Project

NorseMap: Mapping the Reception and Legacy of the Vikings in Europe

Full Citation

Tom Birkett. ‘See you in Valhalla’: how the FBI director waded into the far-right’s obsession with the Vikings. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.funqa95wv Published 01 October 2025.

Link to Publication
https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.funqa95wv
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