People who play the video game Minecraft might be familiar with the name Ulla Britta from the PewDiePie YouTube channel, as it was the name of a tamable calico cat. But historically, the term "Ulla...
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Sweden and Finland, often grouped as brother countries, have had much in common for centuries. Relations between these two Nordic countries have been overwhelmingly positive since the Viking Age, and...
The Vikings and Celts are two fascinating groups of people who lived in Europe at various times in history. Today, scholars and historians love to study them both, and there are plenty of movies and...
Ragnar Lodbrok is one of the most well-known figures from Viking lore. However, much of what is known about him has been sourced from legends, and there is even some dispute about whether such a...
The Vikings were pioneering explorers and seafarers. They traveled widely, establishing settlements and trade routes that would influence human history for centuries. Because pillaging from other...
Most contemporary representations portray Vikings as exclusively Scandinavian in their ethnicity, but is the image of the blonde, blue-eyed Viking accurate? Or does it derive from modern European...