Comments on: The Viking Timeline: What Happened & When?

By: Austin Ralph Ace (Aase)

Austin Ralph Ace (Aase) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:42:48 +0000

Interesting history of the Vikings. My mother and father are from Norway, so I am a first generation Norwegian American. Just for fun I asked my mother one time why they call us square heads. She said because we are honest. I told her it is because our heads are square. Anyway, keep the stories about Norway coming.

By: Jose Correa

Jose Correa — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:36:53 +0000

In reply to Carolyn.

I agree with Carolyn. And probably they would have never be sent to those “reservation camps”… In their own country and lands…
On the other hand, we have to realize that the Brittish, Norwegian, Spanish, etc. from those years, were not as those with the education and culture that we have got nowadays…
Maybe I am wrong…:)

By: Rosalie Hadden

Rosalie Hadden — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:28:30 +0000

My mother was from East Yorkshire .Her sister married a Norwegian and I lived for a while with her in Bergen . (I am a fluent Norwegian speaker.) I recently discovered that there is something called Dupuytrens Contracture which affects the ligaments of fingers and toes. Apparently brought into the U.K. by the Vikings .My Mother and her sister both had this and my daughter! I was able to tell Mum’s brothers family who live in Australia about this .They told me that my Uncle also had it!. I recently had my DNA done . Sure enough we have DNA from Norway!

By: Team Friesland

Team Friesland — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 02:33:59 +0000

We should keep in mind that the word Viking simply means “Pirate”, and that it can point to several different cultures of those days, including Jutes, Danish, but also Frisians. A better word would be “Scandinavians” to point towards a specific group of people.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 21:39:32 +0000

How about the RUS Russia

By: Sir July Da 13th

Sir July Da 13th — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:03:09 +0000

Thanks for the information! Im going to use this for my end of year project!

Thank you!

By: william ROSS Prince

william ROSS Prince — Sat, 21 May 2022 15:26:57 +0000

It is too bad that the Vikings left the settlement in northern Newfoundland after a couple of years because then they would be honoured instead of Christopher Columbus and then maybe the whole of North America would have a Scandinavian background and there would be less friction between its people.

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:05:18 +0000

In reply to Carolyn. Geeze, seriously?

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:27:50 +0000

In reply to Andrea L Wilson. To bad the Norse didn’t settle the US instead of the British! Maybe we would have more native Americans in charge!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 03:25:34 +0000

In reply to Hannah Rosnes. Thank you for the information, I to am of Viking descent and would love to know more of my own history.