Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so the famous saying goes, and to a certain extent, that's true. After all, one person's description of "the most beautiful person in the world" varies from...
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What’s the Difference Between Vikings and Germanic Barbarians?
The Vikings were Germanic people who lived primarily in the Scandinavian countries during the Viking Age (793 AD to 1066 AD). However, when scholars discuss Vikings and Germanic barbarians,...
Having recently celebrated 200 years of peace, Sweden has a long-standing reputation for neutrality in international relations. However, this reputation is not as clear-cut as it seems at first...
Spoken by over 9 million predominantly Scandinavian-based people, Swedish is one of the more minor European languages. Like Danish and Norwegian, it derives from the North Germanic language known as...
Modern-day Finland is just a short voyage away from Sweden and Norway, where the Viking peoples thrived from 800 to 1066 CE. At that time, Finland consisted of various tribes, spanning from...
Recent depictions of Viking women often portray them with elaborately braided hair, mohawks, dreadlocks, and partially shaved heads. However, Medieval female Vikings had limited...