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.

From abandoned mines and Viking ruins to Arctic adventures, Sweden’s lesser-known hidden gems are a must for any traveler. A (very) brief history of Sweden During the Viking Age (8th-11th centuries), ...

This exhibition shows off the glitz and glamour of the period while presenting a subtler message about the role of royalty in ...

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 ...

AFP-Jiji Archaeologists are seen at a Viking Age burial site. Photos were taken in Lisbjerg, Denmark, on June 13. AFP-Jiji 11:41 JST, June 27, 2025 AARHUS, Denmark (AFP-Jiji) — In an accidental find, ...

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 ...

Sweden is set to roll out language and civics tests for citizenship next summer. But the universities tasked with developing the tests say that timeline doesn't give them nearly enough time.