Vikings in Norway were more violent towards each other than previously thought, according to a new study that sheds more light on rules and their enforcement in these early European societies. Until ...

It has long been thought that the Vikings in Scandinavian countries were equally aggressive. That was not the case. A new study suggests that the Norwegians were the fiercest and most lawless Vikings ...

The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table, shaping the Viking Age in their own ways. By understanding their unique ...

TRONDHEIM, Norway --In the Land of 10,000 lakes, some Minnesotans celebrate ties to Norway and the ways of the Vikings. Driving along the highway from Trondheim, Norway to the border of Sweden ...

On a quiet mountain farm in Norway, routine work in the soil has exposed a hoard that had not seen daylight for more than a ...

A new study sheds light on how Viking Age societies in Norway and Denmark differed in their experiences with violence and the role social structures played in shaping those patterns. Rates of violence ...

When the couple removed the floor, they began to find stones and pieces of iron. Archaeologists believe they are from the Viking Age. A Norwegian couple got quite the shock when renovating their old ...

The body of a Brooklyn-educated archaeologist was fished from a Norwegian sea where the replica Viking ship she was sailing on capsized Tuesday. Norwegian Joint Rescue Coordination Centre first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Amidst verdant green valleys and rugged mountains lies a ...

A 115-foot oaken sailing craft with an ominous dragon for a figurehead set sail from Haugesund, Norway, last week en route to Duluth and other North American ports timed for summer festivals. The ...

OSLO — Two of Norway’s greatest cultural treasures, the preserved Viking longships Oseberg and Gokstad, managed to survive sea voyages more than a thousand years ago, followed by centuries interred in ...