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 ...

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 ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

While I’ve enjoyed a lot of travel adventure, I doubt anything in my journals would rival the adventure my grandparents had as they sailed away from their Norwegian homeland — poor and without even a ...

Archaeologists may have uncovered a Viking boat grave beneath the market square in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. Experts from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) uncovered ...

From mysterious runic inscriptions and Jelling stones, to Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd singing opera in horned helmets, Viking lore continues to fascinate us. But what is real and what is legend? We take ...

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 ...

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 ...

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