When many of us think about the Viking age, we often have images of men with long hair and an epic beard, holding a long sword or a giant Dane …
Viking houses – What did they look like?
During the Viking age, most people lived in the countryside around the world and that was of course also the case for the people in Scandinavia. These people lived in …
The Raven Banner
The Raven banner… the flag flown by the Vikings when they raided the shores of their victims across Europe, or so the story goes… In reality, the raven banner was …
What does the word Viking mean?
I have often come across people who are telling me, that it is not correct to use the word Viking for all the people who lived in Scandinavia during the …
Who were the Vikings?
The Vikings were the people who lived from the 8th century to the 11th century in Scandinavia. They came from what today is Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. During the Viking …
Vikings seduced women across Europe
The Vikings have through history been depicted many times as dirty unsophisticated barbarians and an image that is still being used quite often in many of the popular Viking movies. …
Social Classes in Viking Society
The Viking society was divided into a hierarchy of four social classes. At the bottom were the slaves, above the slaves where the Karls, in the middle where the Jarls, …
Viking Instrument – Viking Age Music
Music has since we were cavemen been part of our culture, and that was of course also the case in the Viking age. Today we can still find the remains …
The First Viking Queen of a Unified Denmark
In 958, Harald Bluetooth came to power, after his father Gorm the old (In Danish: Gorm den Gamle) died. Back then the Danes were split into many clans, and the …
Viking diseases were disgusting
Big, strong, and handsome warriors from the north, that sailed throughout most of Europe and raided the local monasteries, that is the image most of us have when we think …