Researchers have uncovered ancient DNA suggesting that Viking Norse people may have arrived in Iceland as early as 810 AD, a ...

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

A hunky Norwegian naval lieutenant has been dubbed a “modern-day Viking” for conquering Instagram with his muscles, well-groomed beard, and tousled mane. Related: Dentist Beards Are the New Lumberjack ...

Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

TRONDHEIM, Norway --In the Land of 10,000 lakes, some Minnesotans celebrate ties to Norway and the ways of the Vikings. Driving along the highway from Trondheim, Norway to the border of Sweden ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

Norway is trying to cement itself as a destination for all things Viking. Thor’s Rike (Thor’s Kingdom) in western Norway aims to not only be Norway’s largest theme park when it opens, it wants to ...