Sleipner
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Sleipnir
is an eight-legged horse in Norse mythology. Sleipnir or Sleipner may also refer to:
Ships and offshore
Sports
Web and games
Materials
Sleipnir
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson...
is an eight-legged horse in Norse mythology. Sleipnir or Sleipner may also refer to:
Ships and offshore
- Sleipner gas fieldSleipner gas fieldThe Sleipner gas field is a natural gas field in the North Sea, about west of Stavanger, Norway. Two parts of the field are in production, Sleipner West , and Sleipner East . The field produces natural gas and light oil condensates from sandstone structures about below sea level. It is operated...
- Sleipner A, an offshore platform
- HNoMS SleipnerHNoMS SleipnerThree ships of the Royal Norwegian Navy have borne the name HNoMS Sleipner, after Sleipnir - Odin's magical eight-legged steed, and the greatest of all horses:*HNoMS Sleipner was a 1...
, three different warships in service with the Royal Norwegian Navy between 1877 and 1992 - Sleipner class destroyerSleipner class destroyerThe Sleipner class was a class of six destroyers built for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1936 until the German invasion in 1940. The design was considered advanced for its time, and it was the first class of vessels for the Norwegian Navy that used aluminium in the construction of the bridge, the...
, a class of Norwegian destroyers - Sleipner class corvetteSleipner class corvetteThe Sleipner-class corvette was a part of the Royal Norwegian Navy's 1960 fleet plan. It was intended to build five ships of the class, but because of economic problems only two were built; and ....
, a class of corvettes - MS SleipnerMS SleipnerMS Sleipner was a catamaran built in 1999 and was the sister ship of MS Draupner in the HSD Sjø company. Sleipner had a frame built in aluminum, and was built at the Austal Ships Pty Ltd yard in Australia...
, a passenger catamaran
Sports
- IK SleipnerIK SleipnerIdrottsklubben Sleipner is a sports club in Norrköping, Sweden; the main sports are football and ten-pin bowling. It was founded in 1903, and named after Odin's horse Sleipnir. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in the Division 1 Södra...
, a Swedish sports club - SK Sleipner, a Norwegian sports club
Web and games
- Sleipnir (web browser)Sleipnir (web browser)Sleipnir is a tabbed web browser developed by Fenrir Inc. The browser is known for its high level of user customization and is one of the few browsers to still support Windows 98...
- Sleipnir, a type of horse enemy in Final Fantasy XIIFinal Fantasy XIIis a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2006, it is the twelfth title in the Final Fantasy series and the last in the series to be released exclusively on the PlayStation platform...
Materials
- Sleipner (tool steel), a tool steel grade