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1. Was Harald Hardrada Norwegian? Harald “Sigurdsson” Hardrada was born in 1015/1016, in a little town called Ringerike in Norway. 2. How long did Harald Hardrada reign? Harald Hardrada became …

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. …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

There is no doubt that the Vikings loved to drink, but they did not just drink mead as some people might have been lead to believe. Honey was not something …

The Vikings loved to drink alcoholic drinks, and not only did they brew their own Viking mead, beer, and ale they also imported wine from areas such as Francia (”France”). …

Before I start, I know that many people will think it is obvious which animals the Vikings had on their farms. But we cannot expect everyone across all cultures and …

Animals were very important for the people in the Viking age, but they were not separated into two different groups like we see today in our modern society, with one …