Showrunner Michael Hirst did a lot of condensing to tell the story of the Viking Age with relatively few people ... Historical Bjorn founded a line of Swedish kings. Ivar ruled a kingdom in Ireland.

Ms. Larsson’s garden, situated on a postage stamp of land beside the Karlbergs Canal, is one of more than 7,000 garden ...

The stone tells a dramatic story about Scandinavian explorers in Minnesota. The translated message states: “8 Goths [Swedes] ...

Long before Ukraine was a modern nation, Viking warriors from Sweden laid the foundations of a medieval Slavic state—the Kievan Rus. Drawn east by silver from the Islamic Caliphate, these Norsemen ...

Fredrick Olaus Nilsson was arguably the most famous person to live, die and be buried in Houston County, Minnesota. Nilsson was well-known in early Minnesota and Iowa but not as famous there as he was ...

As my train from Stockholm Arlanda Airport sped north toward Gävle, paralleling the Baltic Sea, my excitement grew. When we ...

With a lack of ancient human bone excavations in the region, finding human DNA within this piece of chewed-up birch bark was ...

Sweden and Russia. For thousands of years, the Sámi population lived by hunting, fishing and reindeer husbandry along the northern edges of Scandinavia. The Sámi possessed their own languages and ...

While both Sweden and Denmark have Viking Age heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Norway does not. 'That's a bit ...

Greer Jarrett has identified four possible small ports, or “havens,” used by Vikings along the Norwegian coast.

It’s a city where travelers of any age and interest can find plenty to see and ... Yasuragi is an unexpected immersion in Japanese culture surrounded by all things Swedish. Speaking of all things ...

Swedish archaeologist Greer Jarrett has embarked on a three-year, 3,100-mile expedition in a Viking boat replica, uncovering new insights into Viking maritime journeys.