The Gjallarhorn: Created for the Minnesota Vikings by Groth Music's Todd (TJ) Johnson

The Gjallarhorn, or "Yelling Horn", is used by the Minnesota Vikings to announce the start of each home game. The instrument has its origins in Norse mythology where acording to legend, the Gjallarhorn was sounded to announce the arrival of the gods.

In 2007, Groth Music was asked by the Minnesota Vikings if we were able to help them procure a Gjallarhorn. Our staff did some extensive research and scanned through our list of thousands of vendors and manufacturers, but found no occurrence of the elusive instrument.

In an effort to live up to the company motto, "We know what you want and we have it," Groth Music General Manager Todd Johnson endeavored to manufacture the Gjallarhorn himself. The rest is history.

Today each Minnesota Vikings home game is announced by an "Honorary Viking" sounding the Gjallarhorn. Some of the distinguished Gjallahorn players have included legendary Vikings Mascot Hub Meeds, Gjallahorn creator Todd Johnson, Running Back Chuck Foreman, Vikings Hall of Fame Coach Bud Grant, Vikings Ring of Honor Coach Jerry Burns, Vikings Hall of Fame Defensive End Carl Eller, Honored American War Vet John Kriesel, Minnesota Wild All-Star Right Wing Mark Parish, Minnesota Twins All-Star Catcher Joe Mauer, Two Time Olympic Medalist Dennis Koslowski, International Tennis Pro Mardy Fish, Olympic Gold Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson, Vikings All-time Leading Rusher Robert Smith, Captain Dustin Snare - Live from Iraq, UFC Heavyweight Captain Brock Lesnar, and an ever-growing list of other distinguished figures.

Groth Music is proud to have Gjallarhorn creator Todd (TJ) Johnson as one of our General Managers. If you are an avid Vikings fan and interested in having TJ make a custom Gjallarhorn for you, please email him at [email protected]