Scandinavian History

Viking expeditions

  • Runestones of Scandinavia

    Runestones rightfully fascinate many. They are a voice from a bygone era that often tells of a loss in the sense that they have mostly been raised by a parent or other relative of someone who no longer exists. There… Continue reading

  • Egil Skallagrimsson, Viking poet

    Not all names in the Norse or Icelandic sagas and secular myths refer to people who actually existed. An exception is the Icelandic poet Egil Skallagrimsson; he lived once and has gone down in history as not only Iceland’s but… Continue reading