New Asgard, New Queen
Early on, we learn just what happened to the leftovers of the Asgardian population: they’ve settled in a town in Norway which they’ve christened New Asgard. This is a callback to the time in the comics that Thor led his people to relocate to Earth. Their new environs were a little bit more worthy on that occasion, though, as they lived on a floating city known as Asgardia in Oklahoma. For the Norse legends connection, though, it makes sense that the film would switch it up to Scandinavia. Especially because Odin died in Norway back in Thor: Ragnarok.
At the end of Endgame, Thor decides to leave his people behind and do his own thing. He then entrusts the kingdom in the hands of Valkyrie. While he doesn’t hand her the mantle of Thor or Stormbreaker, this feels like a nod to the fact that Marvel comics recently had a female Thor in the form of Jane Foster. While Natalie Portman does return in Endgame briefly, it makes sense that the MCU equivalent of a female Thor would be Tessa Thompson’s warrior.
Asgardians Of The Galaxy
From here, Thor then hitches a ride on the Benatar with the Guardians. As he enters the ship to the irritation of Star-Lord, the God of Thunder christens them the “Asgardians of the Galaxy.”
This might just be the quickest comics-to-movie reference ever. The Asgardians of the Galaxy comic series only launched in September 2018 and, though it doesn’t actually feature Thor or the MCU Guardians, the name-drop of the team must be a reference to the book by writer Cullen Bunn.
Thor joining the Guardians, even renaming the group, leaves the door open for the Asgardians of the Galaxy to actually become a thing in GotG Vol. 3. The scene also heavily hints at one plot-thread to come in James Gunn’s upcoming threequel: Quill will search for Gamora, as we see him do a life-scan for her on the ship’s computer.