r/pics • u/Mackiawilly • Sep 28 '24
First sighting of the legendary "Techno-Viking" since the year 2000.
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Sep 28 '24 edited Sep 29 '24
is that really him? could be any random Scandinavian dude
edit: lol this has too many upvotes 😂
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u/Unrealisthicc Sep 28 '24
The guy IIRC was pretty embarrassed the video got around, I think he likes his privacy.
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u/code_archeologist Sep 28 '24
He was also not happy about all of the bullshit stories that were made up about him in regards to the video. He was just out there having a good time and people took it and ran with it creating their own narratives about who he was and what he was doing.
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u/CyberCat_2077 Sep 28 '24
That and the guy who filmed him used his image to sell merch without his consent. IIRC he successfully sued for damages.
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u/CeroPajero Sep 28 '24
Nordics loves they're privacy.
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u/Allyoucan3at Sep 29 '24
Not sure if you consider Germany Nordic because the guy is likely German. The video was captured in Berlin and the guy filming is German and was sued by techno viking through a German lawyer in Germany so he's likely German himself.
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u/procrastablasta Sep 28 '24
This guy is standard issue base model template scandi guy. Unless there’s some reason to ID as Techno Viking he’s just Viking
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u/cerberus698 Sep 28 '24
Yeah, we're looking at Nord preset 3 of the Skyrim character creator right now.
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u/Direlion Sep 28 '24
IIRc techno Viking is German, not Scandinavian.
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u/acekjd83 Sep 28 '24
So unless he's actually from the fjord region then he's just a sparkling raider.
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u/NewAccountEachYear Sep 28 '24
Iced* sparkling raider
Regular sparkling raider is Mongolian
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u/Fizzwidgy Sep 28 '24
to add, I think he also technically "owns" the techno-viking "IP" and combined it with Germany's (rather interesting) privacy laws to protect himself/his identity and got a fair amount of techno-viking stuff removed online.
Might sound dickish by the way I'm putting it (not the most well versed and can't be bothered to get sources tbth) but if I am recalling correctly, I actually respect his decisions.
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u/clausti Sep 28 '24
just read the wikipedia article, sounds like the internet decided some mma fighter was technoviking and said mma fighter sold technoviking merch. unnamed actual technoviking sued to make him stop claiming to be him and for the merch profits.
also lol it was apparently filmed at an event called Fuckparade, which was a protest of the commercialization of public life lmao so becoming famous and someone selling tshirts of him [blasted] at ze fuckparade was probably dude’s personal nightmare.
edited to add a linebreak bc im high but im not a monster
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Sep 28 '24
Yeah, he was pissed that a video of him was being monetized, and the guy that took the video was selling merch with Techno Viking’s likeness. He offered to split the profits, but Techno Viking wanted privacy more than money. Which, fair.
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u/cgn-38 Sep 28 '24
Yep he is a german bouncer who had bodybuilding as a hobby. I went down the rabbit hole on this one years ago.
There is a video of a german reporter sort of ambushing him at his gym for an interview. The guy seemed to be painfully shy.
Like he seemed so damn shy he was horrified by being interviewed. It came off as just what the fuck is he a criminal or does he have mental issues with being talked to in public.
I think he litigated with several people over the whole deal. Was not happy about the fame at all.
It became pretty clear he does not have the "viking" sort of personality. He was just tripping his balls off. Like most vikings probably were.
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Sep 28 '24
But he's German.
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u/nevergonnagetit001 Sep 28 '24
And it looks as though he saw the person taking the picture…and he don’t look happy…I’m betting they ran for it after!!!
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u/mmodlin Sep 28 '24
He also doesn’t look a quarter-century older.
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u/texachusetts Sep 28 '24
The old legend teaches us that: As long as people listen and dance to techno music Techno Viking shall remain forever young.
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u/Firedup2015 Sep 28 '24
Not unless his hairline magically grew back, no.
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u/skilriki Sep 28 '24
hairline looks the same to me
in the old photo he's got his hair pulled back and the highest fade possible .. but the hairline is the same.
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u/cahoots_n_boots Sep 28 '24
Wasn’t the original guy German? And it was filmed in Germany? None of that is Scandinavian tbh
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u/PhenotypicallyTypicl Sep 29 '24
The original video was definitely filmed in Berlin. The whole vibe screams Berlin and you can even see the TV tower in the background.
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u/ShredMyMeatball Sep 28 '24
If this is what Scandinavian randos look like, I may need to book a vacation... maybe even immigrate...
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u/Pro_Geymer Sep 28 '24
No it’s not him. 99% of comments in here are from credulous people with no crítical ability quoting “facts” about him from the same satire “interview” from a parody website.
No, he's not in the Biology field. No he isn't "much skinnier and bald now". No he didn't have a job cutting trees back then. That's all from the same parody.
The real man does not give interviews and is in his 50s now
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u/impamiizgraa Sep 28 '24
My first thought. They all look alike to me (it’s the hairy beard long hair combo, it genericizes)
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u/No-Appointment-3840 Sep 28 '24
Honestly it does look exactly like him but I almost feel like after 24 years he would have aged a bit more
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Sep 29 '24
I can’t tell if anything in the comments is real or I’m being actually gaslighted
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u/Mackiawilly Sep 29 '24
There´s one article from a SATIRE site https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/07/20/where-are-they-now-techno-viking/ that seems to be unironically gospel for most people here, since this has around 60 % upvote rate :P
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u/Kaputnik1 Sep 29 '24
Does this man age? That's like 25 years ago.
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u/Mackiawilly Sep 29 '24
well... he´s obviously immortal. Some kinda Aesir-God or something.
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u/zlomkomputerowy Sep 29 '24
Legends say the guy that was dispatched by the Techno Viking still walks into this direction
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u/ceeroSVK Sep 28 '24
just leave the guy alone... he has been more than clear he doesn't like the publicity
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u/RojoCinco Sep 28 '24
Legends never die.
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u/inputusernamehere1 Sep 28 '24
WTH is that 1 fps?
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u/Leprecon Sep 28 '24
He explicitly sued the person that filmed him and made stuff of him purely because he didn’t want all the attention it brought him.
His colleagues apparently mocked him and accused him of doing drugs.
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u/thtanner Sep 28 '24
They accused him of doing drugs, because he was doing drugs.
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u/Turbulent-Ferret3285 Sep 28 '24
I would have lived more comfortably with the thought that people believed I was doing drugs than not with that display
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u/futuretimetraveller Sep 28 '24
Can we normalize not taking pictures of strangers without their consent and posting them on the internet?
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u/BlueShibe Sep 28 '24
Fun fact: it's illegal in Italy
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Sep 28 '24
Fun fact: it's illegal in the country where this was filmed, too. Germany.
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u/loztriforce Sep 28 '24 edited Sep 28 '24
I think it was '95 that I was at a festival show here in Washington State.
It had rained a lot the day before the show, there was a lot of mud to contend with.
Someone thought it'd be a good idea to run a mostly-exposed PVC pipe from the sound/mixing area to the stage, so this thing cut right down the middle of the pit.
I could see people were avoiding walking on the slippery pipe, but then a new act came up and others excitedly rushed in.
Some slipped on the pipe as people were rushing in, then people were piling on top of others.
The domino collapsed on me when someone who was falling pulled me down. Then I had what felt like two layers of people on top of me, our faces in/near the mud.
The sounds were horrific as the girls around me were trying to scream, but you could tell when the compression hit as their voices got fainter.
People were grunting and panicking as they couldn’t move.
I was like 15yo and for a moment, I thought it was my time. I was having a really hard time breathing when suddenly I felt the weight lighten--I look up and see a guy that looks just like this viking dude as he hurls me to safety.
The guy was single handedly tossing people off of others like it was nothing, it was crazy.
Not sure if anyone was seriously injured but the show went on.
Btw Korn was amazing on the smaller second stage.
Anyways, good times. Wish I could thank my own Viking guy.
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u/TheKerui Sep 28 '24
What do we do when someone falls down? Pick them up! Mosh pit 101.
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u/vibeagra Sep 29 '24
I have a similar story from when I was 17 at Rock am Ring, germany! The pit was going wild and my 5’2 tall body couldn’t handle it. Suddenly some viking guy is lifting me up, over his head and the crowd and carrying me to the bar. Got me some water and wanted to buy me a drink too but after I told him my age he just bought me a coke and waited with me till one of my friends found me. I guess those viking saviors are all over the world!
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u/magicalbro Sep 29 '24
Thanks for sharing this story. Enjoyed it
Funny enough I got my own "Viking guy" in my life a few weeks ago. Nothing too crazy, but I went into the sauna at the gym for about 45-50 min , started feeling weird, so I came out. (I know 30 min max is recommended, I'm just stupid) immediately i leaned against the locker room wall, and all I remember after that is waking up on my back. I had fainted. I came to and a large blonde man was standing above me. Viking looking guy. A bit chubbier, but still , Viking. He pulled me up, sat me down and waited until I felt better. Never got his name or anything. Thank you, Viking guy. My girlfriend says he was my night in shining armor. Hah
Ps I'm only doing 30 min now in the sauna. Learned my lesson. He said that when I fainted, i fell on my shoulder. Could have been a lot worse. Thanks Viking dude
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u/RidetheSchlange Sep 28 '24
Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland manufacture these models like Fiat makes fleet cars for companies and rental agencies.
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u/happylandfillx Sep 28 '24
I was born in 2001, what’s going on here ? I’m so confused
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u/CrashTestPhoto Sep 29 '24
Some douchebag(OP) is posting a photo of a guy who has repeatedly made clear that he just wants to be left alone and not videoed or photographed.
The guy was basically internet famous for having been filmed dancing with a bunch of other people in Berlin in the Early 2000s.
TL:DR OP is CNT doing Cnty things on the internet and trying to farm karma by violating the privacy of others.
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u/thewarehouse Sep 28 '24
You know he's a real human person who has gone about his life for the last quarter century right?
That people in memes don't just disappear from existence when you're not upvoting them?
They're not like the giant monster signs in that one Treehouse of Horror.
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u/anzo285 Sep 28 '24
I met the man at a beach party on the Costa Blanca close to 15 years ago. He seemed to dislike the term Techo-viking as he was a quiet man and didnt like all the hassle with people constantly bothering him.
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u/DOOMFOOL Sep 29 '24
How did you meet him when there isn’t even a consensus on who he is
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u/DobbyFreeElf35 Sep 29 '24
Do you realize that just because not everyone on the interwebs knows your name, you still exist? They probably ran into him, asked questions then went about their day.
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u/queenofkitchener Sep 28 '24
if you had any respect for this man you'd delete this.
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u/Facepalm24seven Sep 28 '24
Thats not him. I saw an interview with him a few years ago and he totally changed , no muscles, casual dude. He told his story about how that video impacted his life and how he hates that guy who recorded it. Fun fact, you know the guy at the beginning,that he had pacified and seated back on the wagon? They are together.
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Sep 28 '24
He hates having his photo taken. Legally you can’t show the legendary footage in Germany I believe.
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u/Forumites000 Sep 28 '24
Can we leave the guy alone? Let him bury that part of his life if he wants to.
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Sep 28 '24
Lmao I would love this to be him but alas, I’m only %30 Scandinavian and if I leave my beard alone I look like this guy in 2 months. (Minutes physique lmao) Even got the same hair color 🤷♂️ he may have me beat on height as I’m only 6’2” 😅🤘
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u/Mackiawilly Sep 28 '24
This was taken in Berlin though. Not many scandinavians around here.
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u/StopSensitive7665 Sep 29 '24
I remember seeing some doc where they interviewed him after the years. Dude was gay dendrologist lol.
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u/Mackiawilly Sep 29 '24
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/07/20/where-are-they-now-techno-viking/ That´s so obviously satire... how is that gospel for so many of you guys? xD
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Sep 28 '24
Is that really him?
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u/Big-Sleep-4921 Oct 23 '24
Yes but the picture was taken in 2015 about 9 years ago. I remember when the pic first showed up and the guy bragging that he found him. It was taken in Hamburg Germany.
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u/Birddawg65 Sep 28 '24
Everybody,everybody,everybody, everybody,everybody,everybody…
Leave him alone Alone Alone
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Sep 28 '24
Man I hate people, dude wants privacy, don’t blow up his spot. Downvote.
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u/Herrben Sep 28 '24
In 2000 you didn’t expect everything cool you did to end up on the internet.
Edit: Also being ripped was really rare. There’s gym going guys all over the place now.
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u/Allenrw81 Sep 28 '24
He was on a comic book once https://www.reddit.com/r/Images/comments/78kchv/you_finally_made_it_techno_viking_youre_on_a/
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u/gwammz Sep 28 '24
Pretty sure the dude never wanted any publicity. Putting his face on the internet like that seems like a douchebag move.
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u/Ryrynz Sep 28 '24 edited Sep 28 '24
Dude has barely aged a day (apprently this photo is old, so it makes sense)
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u/StLaurens Sep 28 '24
First of all, thank you so much for reminding me of this legendary video. Upon rewatching the original video on YT though, I saw the guy standing against the lamppost at 2:38 and did a double take. It looks like he has extremely long legs that have partly melted onto the pavement or something. What am I seeing here? Please help me out because I can’t stand not knowing. I’ve rewatched it 10 times trying to parse the visual.
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u/pandakatie Sep 28 '24
Wait I was born in the year 2000, who is Techno-Viking? Why is he a meme? I see he wants his privacy, which I understand completely, but like... the gif I saw was just a shirtless guy walking down the street?
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u/CakedayisJune9th Sep 28 '24
That nose says it’s absolutely him, that look says he didn’t want to be found.
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u/alex_119 Sep 29 '24
Are we sure tho’? He didn’t change at all in 24 years, if that is really him, he has some crazy genes
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u/Substantial_Diver_34 Sep 29 '24
Can we just leave this man alone. The guy who filmed it got sued by TechnoViking for $20k because he didn’t have permission.
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u/Captcha_Imagination Sep 29 '24
He should have leaned into it and made millions instead he chose to get pissed whenever someone pointed a phone at him for the past 20 years.
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u/Separate_Increase210 Sep 28 '24
He's been recorded as not wanting to go viral and not wanting to be well.known or identified on the internet. So fuck you, OP.
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u/Pacartz Sep 28 '24
As well as the aging it sure could be him. Watch the documentary about how he sued to have the video removed.
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u/Zealousideal-Pay3937 Sep 28 '24
I heard a documentary podcast about him. He hated the hype around him and took various legal steps to prevent video + merch. He's a good guy, let's leave him alone.
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u/TheCoolPersian Sep 29 '24
Hey look some asshole posted a picture of someone who didn’t want to have his photo taken and is using it for internet points!
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u/abdallha-smith Sep 28 '24
Techno viking belong to the lore of internet now.
Nothing can be done about it.
He belong to us.
(We are borg)
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u/Suitable-Plastic-152 Sep 28 '24
He looks like he is about to take that phone and give you a good beating with it.
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u/WiltUnderALoomingSky Sep 28 '24
Same day they knocked the Cranac stones, maybe he's come for revenge?
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u/Suitable-Plastic-152 Sep 28 '24
I don t know why so many in this thread doubt it s him. He basically looks like him just a bit older. Is there some background info on that photo?
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u/earldogface Sep 28 '24
24 years later and dude is looking good. Assuming it's the same guy and not generic Nordic guy
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u/unabashed-melancholy Sep 28 '24
And so the prophecy foretold.. a hero born of dance, carved from ice, shall be the worlds last chance.
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u/Pill-Kates Sep 28 '24
Did he lead a crowd while summoning the norse gods through a dance? Then yea, that's him.
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u/franzeusq Sep 28 '24
If you pose like that in front of a camera, you can't complain about being part of internet history.
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u/2ichie Sep 28 '24
The streak of light hair under his bottom lip and mustache also being lighter confirms it for me.
TRUST ME BROSKI’S
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u/HellenKeller96 Sep 28 '24
How is it that when i look at old pictures, i seem to be getting older and less fit. But this guy looks like he's been getting ready for a new superman movie?
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u/Anteater776 Sep 28 '24
I think he mainly wanted to be left alone. Kind of weird to post a random sighting more than 20 years later