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 …
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 Instruments – 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 …
Viking Beer – Viking Children Drank Beer Every Day!
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 …
Viking Mead – Did the Vikings really drink every day?
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”). …
Viking Farm Animals
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 …
Viking Pets – What kind did the Vikings have?
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 …