About Us

So, long story short - Valhyr has grown into a brand that creates content and products related to and inspired by history and mythology. But it was not always like this. It started as an Instagram page that I (Renet) used to post my artwork early in the mornings before heading to work, it was a way to kinda wake up and have a positive day.

Luckily that Instagram page gained a following very fast and from there it evolved into a family run business that now I, my wife Elin and our close friend Raido are operating. So let me introduce you to everyone, what we do and our goals!

So thats the team! We create and ship our products from Estonia, besides the ones that we use suppliers for because we don't have the technology yet to make our own hoodies and so (one day though!). But that brings me to the next thing, where we produce these things. So let me introduce you to...

This is how we call the place where all of the magic happens. It is located at Saku in Estonia as mentioned before. The place has been entirely built up by Raido with a little help from me, I mainly set up the machines and technology we need to create these things. But Raido is the one in charge there, which brings me to the next logic we have set up...

Possibility to do extra work
So, first off - don't read this in a sob story kinda way but perhaps rather in an inspiring kinda way. In Estonia the average wage of a person is extremely low compared to the living costs, most people live paycheck to paycheck with several loans. Luckily we have been blessed with the success of Valhyr so we can provide extra work for the people of Estonia, by offering additional work that can be done whenever they see the most fit, giving young people the ability to save money for college or travels, families the ability to get something extra on the side and so on.

Right now we have a group of people who all have their own branches of work they do, sometimes rotating who does what so it doesnt get too much of a routine. For example people can prepare wax figures and molds for the trees to be casted, or work on 3D printed items by polishing them and applying the gold finish (a lot goes into the whole 3D progress actually) as well as just helping out around the workshop when we are expanding or building things. So if anyone is even reading this far and has ever gotten something from us or commented, shared or liked a picture or video of ours, give yourself a pat on the back, you're making a lot of peoples lives much much better, thank you! :)

Every year (almost) we have released called Fleet's which bring new item types or fun things to do on the site, so the main future goal is to keep doing these and expanding what we have to offer. But what actually more emphasis goes on is creating content that can be learned from or interacted with, for example our library of articles on Norse mythology with examples of real life finds and depictions of gods, halls or similar things and the many videos Elin has made on folklore, mythology and history, she has a BA in archaeology, BA in cultural heritage from the university of Göteborg in Sweden and is currently studying MA in archaeology, so she knows her thing. And interactive things such as the Valhyrik stave , rune converter or downloadable backgrounds

So the goal for the next year or so is to create more things like this, some projects are bigger than others and might take longer time - but we are determined to bring these to you and to keep expanding and providing work that they enjoy doing for more people!

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But that's the very broad explanation of our goals, hopefully we get the ready sooner than later. Until then thanks for reading this far and all the best to you! :)
- Renet