Below you can read a brief article on the history of the Swedish Vikings and the Varangian Guard. Background: Who Were The Swedish Vikings? During the Viking Age (which lasted for about four hundred years, namely between the 8th century and the late 11th century), Scandinavia was fragmented into various petty kingdoms which were each…
‘The Swords in Rock’ (known in Norwegian as ‘Sverd i fjell’) is an architectural complex situated in the슠M쎸llebukta bay, Hafrsfjord, from the Madla borough of the city of Stavanger, Rogaland county (or fylke), south-western Norway. It was designed by Norwegian sculptor Fritz R쎸ed in order to symbolise the unification of Norway, and was unveiled by…
In late October, 2015 a hiker by the name Goran Olsen discovered a 1,200-year-old Viking Age sword in southern Norway, while enjoying an excursion in the small village of Haukeli슠from슠Vinje municipality, Telemark county, southern Norway. The Hordaland County council was surprised by the discovery, with county conservator슠Per Morten Ekerhovd informing CNN in an interview that…
In September, 2016, a group of five goose hunters discovered a millenary quite well-preserved Viking Age sword somewhere in the슠Skaft쎡rhreppur municipality from Iceland. The five men stumbled upon the artefact by chance, while on a goose hunting trip in the south of the country. A member of the goose hunters group, R쎺nar Sighvatsson, stated that…
What if the Vikings could make a historical comeback to Normandy, north-western France? The question was posed by a French language magazine entitled ‘France Pittoresque‘ via ‘Ouest France’. This is an English translation of the article which was originally published in French here, on Thursday, March 26, 2015. “A museum about the Vikings, the idea…
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