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In Pictures / Vikings given the Freedom of Lerwick – impressions from the morning events

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Lerwick Up Helly Aa is well under way and it is an historic event this year as for the first time ever there are four female members in the jarl squad.

 

A group of people dressed in viking costumes.
Photo: Peter Parker
A group of vikings marching down a street.
Morning parade. Photo: Peter Parker
A man in a viking costume.
A private moment between father Richard Moar and Daughter Jenna. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News
A man dressed as a viking.
Jarl Richard Moar at the bill. Photo: Dave Donaldson
A group of people on a boat.
Posing for that squad photo. Photo: Peter Parker
A boat with a dragon on it.
Jarl Richard Moar with his wife Marie on the galley.
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