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Norsca is a fictional place in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy world setting. It is analgous in position within the "Old World" to Scandinavia and its human occupants, the "Norse", are a fantasy version of the vikings.

Norsca has a heavily indented coastline and is otherwise mountainous. To the North lies the "Realm of Chaos", to the south beyond the "Sea of Claws" are the Empire and to the South east the kingdom of Kislev.

The Norse Dwarfs are the most northerly of the Dwarfs of the Old World. While related to the Dwarfs in their strongholds to the South the separation over the years has led to some changes and the Norse dwarfs have taken on some more wild characteristics compared to the mainstream of Dwarf society. The main stronghold in Norsca is Karak Drak.

The Norse are in description and in the models produced similar to the Vikings. They are described as great sea borne explorers who have built and maintain colonies in Lustria (the Warhammer world's version of South and Meso America). Models released and entries in publications such as Warhammer Armies for 3rd edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle and the Man O' War naval game are clearly based on the vikings.

- Biggest (main) tribes of Norsca are: Aeslings (northern tribe), Baersonlings, Bjornlings, Graelings, Sarls, Skaelings and Vargs (northern tribe).

- Among the Norse are berserkers and "Ulfsarks" but literally shape- changers into wolf or bear creatures.

- The port settlement of Skeggi is a Norscan trading post on the Lustrian coast.

- In the latest edition of Warhamer Fantasy Battle the Norse, along with the Kurgan and the Hung are described as the predominant Chaos Marauder tribes.

- In the maps published with the 300th issue of White Dwarf the Norse of Norsca are marked differently to the "Norsii" marauder tribesmen over the mountain range within the Chaos wastes

- Norse Marauders also make an appearance in the mercenary supplement Dogs of War.

In Man O' War, the Norse ships are Dragon ships and Kingships which resemble the Viking longboats complete with square rigged striped sails and carved dragon prows.

The Norseman are also in Blood Bowl where every player in a Norse team is a highly skilled blocker.

Citadel released a range of Norse miniatures in the 1980s but these are now out of production but examples of individual Norse models are still available for Blood Bowl.