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History of Sweden. Swedish pre-history ends around 800 AD, when the Viking Age begins and written sources are available. The Viking Age lasted until the mid-11th century. Scandinavia was formally Christianized by 1100 AD. The period 1050 to 1350—when the Black Death struck Europe —is considered the Older Middle Ages.
Experimental archaeology of the Viking Age is a flourishing branch and several places have been dedicated to this technique, such as Jorvik Viking Centre in the United Kingdom, Sagnlandet Lejre and Ribe Viking Center in Denmark, Foteviken Museum in Sweden or Lofotr Viking Museum in Norway.
The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia but also to any place significantly settled by ...
Ragnar Lodbrok ("Ragnar hairy-breeches") ( Old Norse: Ragnarr loðbrók ), [ a] according to legends, [ 2] was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. [ 3] He is known from Old Norse poetry of the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, and near-contemporary chronicles.
Björn Ironside ( Swedish: Björn Järnsida) ( Old Norse: Bjǫrn Járnsíða ), [ a] according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century, between 855 and 858. [ 1]
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
The Swedes ( Swedish: svear; Old Norse: svíar ; probably from the PIE reflexive pronominal root * s (w)e, "one's own [tribesmen/kinsmen]"; [ 1][ 2] Old English: Swēon) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden and one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes, along with Geats and Gutes.
Birka listen ⓘ ( Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (lit. "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of the European continent and the Orient. [ 1] Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary ...