DANHEIM Grows Norse Sacred Tree on New Single ‘Yggrasil II’

With more than 1 billion streams and features in the History Channel TV show Vikings, Danheim has become a cornerstone for Nordic folk, Viking and World music alongside Heilung and Wardruna. On his upcoming ninth album and first since signing with Season of Mist, producer Reidar Schaefer Olsen is continuing to evolve the Nordic sound by journeying home.

Today, Danheim is releasing “Yggdrasil II” as the third and final advanced single from Heimferd. Built around slow cycling percussion, meditative chanting and immersive drones, the song extends the tree that’s held sacred in Norse cosmology into the realms of memory, land and lineage. It closes the album on a note of quit transcendence that echoes across time.

Heimferd comes out October 31st, 2025 on Season of Mist.

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“Yggdrasil II” revisits one of the centerpieces from Danheim’s third album Fridr. The song captures the essence of Danheim’s sound: grounded in ancestral rhythm yet illuminated by spacious ambience. Yet Heimferd resists a linear narrative. “For me, Heimferd is a journey home”, Olsen says, “not to a physical place, but to my ancestry, honoring the weight of old paths while also forging new ones”.

Tracklist:

Agermark (3:25)
Brenhin Llwyd (3:01)
Haukadalur (4:52)
Heimferd (4:12) [WATCH]
Heljar Skuggar (3:26)
Jǫtunsvärd (3:28)
Kominn Dagr (2:28)
Rúnmyrkr (3:29)
Stormdans (3:35) [LISTEN]
Valvejen (3:08)
Vindfari (3:20)
Hafvindr (1:06)
Yggdrasil II (3:38) [LISTEN]
Full runtime: 43:08

DANHEIM is a Nordic folk/Viking inspired project from the Copenhagen-based Danish producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen, a man with 10 years of experience in electronic and ambient music – focusing on Nordic Folk and Viking age inspired music with a certain Nordic authenticity or mood. Danheim’s music is often composed of ideas and stories based on the darker side of the Viking period, inspired or consisting of Nordic Mythology, old Danish folklore, and a vivid imagination.

Danheim hit 1 billion streams across streaming platforms in 2022, has 585.000 subscribers on YouTube, with music featured in multiple seasons of the popular TV show Vikings.

Early information: Singer-songwriter Reidar Schæfer Olsen, (born in 1985, Brøndby, Denmark), transitioned to focus on music in the early 2000s and has been composing music almost continuously ever since, alongside doing radio shows and starting the indie label Fimbul Records.

With a passion for songwriting running through his veins from an early age, Reidar Olsen’s Viking-inspired music and dark melodies have broadened the Nordic folk genre and inspired millions of listeners around the world, bringing them back in time with a blend of his imagination and creativity.

“A deep connection to his Danish roots and heritage fueled his interest in the Nordic Folk/Viking genre, prompting the creation of Danheim and his indie label Fimbul Records.”

Ǽttartrú, a self-made Scandinavian belief system that reconnects oneself with their ancestors.

Line-up:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen – All Instruments & Production

Production Credits:
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Reidar Schæfer Olsen in his home studio.

Cover Art:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen

Photography:
Reidar Schæfer Olsen