Scandinavian folk music — modal, sparse, rooted in Nordic tradition. The nyckelharpa keyed fiddle carries the lead with droning sympathetic strings. A hardanger fiddle answers each phrase with sharp ornamentation. Kantele zither plucks fill the harmony underneath. Throat singing and low male choir lines colour the darker Viking-themed pieces. Tempos sit at 70–110 BPM in dorian and minor modes with characteristic open-fifth drones and slow 6/8 dance shapes that breathe across the bar.
Viking-film editors bed it under longship and battlefield scenes. Indie game developers loop it through Skyrim-style Nordic levels and tavern interiors. Travel vloggers cut it into Norway, Iceland and Sweden fjord footage. Documentary editors score Norse-mythology and saga-narration segments with it. Also fits LARP recap reels and Midsommar-themed party content. See also folk or epic.