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  • About The Viking Network Web
    • Dr. Arnaud Le Fèvre
    • The emergence of the Viking Network
  • The Viking Kings and Earls
    • Canute (Knud) The Great
    • Eric the Red
    • Harald Hardrada
    • Leif Ericsson
    • Olav Haraldsson – Olav the Stout – Olav the Saint
      • Olav in Novgorod
      • Olav tears down London Bridge
    • Ongendus – The Danish King
      • Dannevirke
    • The Powerful Frankish Kings
  • The Viking Travels
    • A Viking Raid
    • Belgium and The Netherlands
    • Canada
    • England
      • Guthorm’s Invation of Wessex
      • London
    • Estonia
      • Olaf Tryggvasons captivity in Estonia
      • The Voyage of the Norwegians Torulf and Egil To Estonia in 925
    • Finland
    • France – Nordmandy
      • Place names based on a Scandinavian personal name element
      • Place names for landscape features and similar
      • The 10th century foundation of the Duchy of Normandy
      • The assertion of Norman power
      • The first Vikings in Normandy
      • The Scandinavian contribution in Normandy
      • Timeline
    • Iceland
      • Reykjavik
    • Ireland
      • Cork and Kilnamartyra
      • Dublin
      • Irish words which have come from Old Norse
      • King Maelseachlann
      • The battle of Clontarf
      • Viking Placenames in Ireland
      • Wexford
    • Isle of Man
    • Istanbul – “Miklagard”
    • North America – “Vinland”
      • Helluland and Markland
      • Mound Builders
      • Thorvald’s Rock
    • Norway: Up and down the coast
      • Othere’s Voyage to the White Sea
    • Orkney Islands
      • Literature of the Vikings in Orkney
      • Placenames in Orkney
    • Russia
      • The Kremlin treasure
    • Scotland
      • Largs
      • The Battle of Cruden
      • The Battle of Mortlach (Dufftown)
      • The North-East of Scotland
    • Spain
    • The Faroes
      • Ólavsøka (The Olavs-festival) in the Faroe Islands
    • The Viking Ship
    • The Vikings at Sea
      • How to sail from Norway to Greenland
        • Bjarni Herjólfsson
      • Nature can tell
        • Wind
      • Navigation Instruments
        • Othere’s Voyage to the White Sea
    • Viking Trade
      • The Vikings and Money
    • Wales
    • York – “Jorvik”
      • Eboracum – Eoforwic (Jorvik/York)
      • Health and hygiene
      • Jorvik (York) – Site and Situation
      • Jorvik (York) – who Ruled it and When?
      • Jorvik (York) and the five boroughs of the Danelaw
      • Jorvik (York) as a Religious Centre
      • Jorvik (York) as a Trading Centre
      • Life Expectancy in Viking Age Jorvik (York)
      • Metalworking and the Smith
      • What people ate and drank in Jorvik (York)
      • What was made in Viking Age Jorvik (York)?
      • Yorkshire Dialect Words of Old Norse Origin
  • The Viking World
    • Kaupang in Skiringsal
    • Mythology – The Viking Gods
      • Blot (a sacrifice)
      • From a midwinter celebration to a Christian feast
    • The Vikings and the Law
      • Danelaw
        • England and the Danelaw
          • Danegeld – The Vikings and money in England
          • Recovering The Danelaw
          • The Treaty of Wedmore
        • Place-names in The Danelaw
        • Scandinavian take-over of estates in The Danelaw
        • Scandinavian terms for landscape features in the Danelaw
        • The Danelaw – population, culture and heritage
    • Timeline
  • The Vikings
  • The Vikings in Scandinavia
    • Denmark
      • Dendrological Studies
      • Kovirke – Fortress of Mighty Oak and Earth
      • Where Jutland is at its narrowest
  • The World of the Vikings – map
  • Who were the vikings?
    • Everyday life
      • Clothes
      • Food
      • Hnefnatafl – The Viking Board Game
      • Language
        • Samples of Viking language
      • Music
        • I Dreamed a Dream
        • Musical Instruments
        • The Jorvik Pan Flute
        • Types of Viking music
        • Viking music on Iceland
        • Vikings and their music
      • Poetry – Haavamaal
        • Poetic Meter in Haavamaal
      • Sports
      • The Longhouse
      • Viking Women
      • Weather Aspects of Viking Life
        • Air masses which affect the Baltic and Skaggarack
        • Basin Information, Current and their effects
        • Clouds
        • Definitions
        • Fjords
        • Fog
        • Land and sea breezes
        • Miscelleaneous
        • Sea Ice
        • Terrain Features which affect Baltic weather
        • The use of climatology by the Vikings
        • Thunderstorms
        • Weather proverbs
    • Runes
    • The Calendar of the Vikings
    • The Vikings meet Christianity
  • The Viking Heritage
    • Do you speak Viking?
      • Irish words which have come from Old Norse
    • Placenames
    • The Viking Linguistic Heritage
      • Norman family names of Viking origin
      • Old Norse Words in the Norman Dialect
      • Place names in England
      • Placenames in Russia
      • Some Family names based on the craft of the Metalworking Smith
      • The Normandy-Yorkshire Linguistic Connection
    • Viking Given Names

The Vikings in Scandinavia

The Vikings came from the scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Outside these countries, the Viking territories were called Danelaw.

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Last updated: 25th June, 2015, 1:06 PM

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