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Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland.

According to historians, the Viking Age began on June 8, A.D. 793, at an island monastery off the coast of northern England.

Most people have heard of the Danish king of England, Canute(Cnut the Great) who according to legend, tried to command the waves. However it was his father Sweyn (Svein) who was the first Viking king of England. Sweyn Forkbeard, England's forgotten king, ruled for just 5 weeks.

The first Viking

The first Viking king



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