What Is Viking History of Norway (and How Did It Shape the Nation)?
Norway's Viking Age spans roughly from 793 CE to 1066 CE, a transformative period when Norse seafarers from the coastal regions of what is now Norway became explorers, traders, raiders, and settlers who shaped medieval Europe and beyond. Far from the one-dimensional image of horned-helmet warriors (a myth, incidentally), Vikings were skilled navigators, shrewd merchants, democratic legislators, and gifted craftspeople whose influence stretched...