(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1961 1982 1998 2005 2016 Minnesota Vikings Team Formation The team was officially named the Minnesota Vikings on September 27, 1960; the name is partly meant to reflect Minnesota’s place as a center of Scandinavian American culture. From the start, the Vikings embraced an energetic marketing program that produced first-year season ticket sales of nearly …