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In Pictures /

Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2026 – morning events

A selection of photos from this morning as guizer jarl Lynden Nicolson and his squad of 65 Vikings took to the streets of Lerwick to kick off the town’s famous Up Helly Aa festival.

The jarl meeting elite strongman The Stoltman brothers outside Lerwick Town Hall on Tuesday morning.
Photo: Dave Donaldson
Enjoying the festival, jarl Lynden Nicolson outside the Legion on Tuesday morning.
Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News
Some of the 10 children in Lynden Nicolson’s squad.
Photo: Dave Donaldson
Parading through Lerwick on Tuesday morning.
Photo: Chloe Irvine
Shetland News reporter Ryan Nicolson on different duties today.
Photo: Dave Donaldson
Junior Up Helly Aa jarl Frankie Walterson. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News
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