The Minnesota Vikings have tinkered with their Norseman head logo a bit over the years, but the blonde-haired, helmeted pillager has represented the team since the team’s inception during the 1961 NFL season.
Created by Los Angeles Times cartoonist Karl Hubenthal, the logo was meant to represent a Scandinavian warrior which is fitting considering the high concentration of people from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in Minnesota according to Sports Logo History.
Since then, color has been added to the face of the logo and the hair, the horn color has changed, and the detail in the horns and hair have changed, but the spirit and recognition of the logo have remained the same.