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 ...

Viking age people who lived in what is now Norway were far more likely to be violently killed than Viking age people who lived in Denmark, a new analysis reveals. The findings were surprising to the ...

In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons ...

This discovery is the largest in more than 10 years and unlike any other found in the area. Nordjyske Museer Scientists have uncovered the remains of a huge building that likely dates to the era of ...

The coins — believed to be from the 980s — were discovered in a Danish cornfield last autumn Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

What we now know as Denmark was a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide. The Viking Age, characterized by sea travel, trading, exploration, and settlement, was not without its fair share of ...

(CNN) — More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of ...

Aasum, Denmark — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally ...