VIKINGS - Warriors Of The North

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MUSIC - 13th warrior THEME. The term Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) is customarily used to refer to the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic islands from the late eighth to the mid-11th century.

These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Al Andalus. This period of Viking expansion -- known as the Viking Age -- forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general.

Popular conceptions of the Vikings often differ from the complex picture that emerges from archaeology and written sources. A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages began to take root in the 18th century, and this developed and became widely propagated during the 19th-century Viking revival. The received views of the Vikings as violent brutes or intrepid adventurers owe much to the modern Viking myth which had taken shape by the early 20th century. Current popular representations are typically highly clichéd, presenting the Vikings as familiar caricatures.

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  • I thought you Scandinavians are above those nationalistic debates!? I don't see any reason for debate, descendetns of Vikings lingustically and genetically are Dannish, Swedish, Iceland, Norge people and that's it. Finnish are descendents of Uralo-Finnish people who lived on baltic and around for thousands of years, bordering with first motherland of indoeuropans back in 4500 BC.

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  • @kaunotukka

    Do not listen to that inbred skogstomte. He's just angry because you won the last ice hockey championship. Most of us real swedes consider finns as our true brothers as we have so incredibly much in common, both from a historical and cultural perspective. And I do especially love your metal music, you country side and your beautiful blondes, much love from Sweden!

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  • @joonte1010

    Jag tar ej ställning i tjafset mellan kaunotukka och LundaGrabben. Det som förde mig in i argumentationen var opposition mot LundaGrabbens extremt skeva, spydiga och faktamässigt felaktiga kommentarer om att det finska folket ej delar genetik med de historiska vikingarna - något som senare stärktes av referenser till vilka både du och jag hänvisade.

    Precis som du är jag pro-nordic, och ser helst att konflikter som dessa ej uppstår från första början.

  • @VikingSkills7

    The byzantine emperor hired swedish vikings as his personal guard because he saw their warrior skill.

  • @joonte1010

    Jag bugar mig aldrig för en finsk lögnare som kastar skit på svensk historia, eller någon annan skit person som kastar skit på Sverige, jag tycker inte jag sjönk på hans nivå heller, han skrev saker som absolut inte är sant, "svenskar var inte vikingar"(inte sant) då svarar jag med att säga "finnar är mongoler" och det är ju sant för fan! :D

    Jag kan respektera andra människor när dem respekterar Sverige men jag tål inte folk som skriver dåliga saker om svenskar.

  • @Inepinefrin

    Yes I like hockey and I am not mad because Finland won their second gold in their "great" hockey history last year, I am mad because this finn can be found on every video about Sweden/ Scandinavia saying "Finns has more blondes, worlds strongest man is finnish that's the real "viking" spirit..trolling, now you know nothing about that and you're a fag for accusing me for being a skogstomte so stfu :D genetics never lie, we know where the vikings came from - end of story

  • @joonte1010

    LundaGrabben3 started this, just check how he hates everyone around Youtube... and btw i was just joking as u can see on my comments, while this kid was so furious and serious:)

  • @Inepinefrin Kallar du dig själv för en patriot? En patriot som stödjer en Svenskfientlig Finne som inte gör någonting annat om dagarna än att skriva hat kommentarer riktade mot Sverige och dess etniska befolkningen.. Jo men tjena vilken god patriot du är - Som sagt, Han fiskade efter hat och han fick det.

  • @joonte1010

    Klart du gör, därav saknar du respekt här.

    Svenskfientliga tilltal? Jag är för fasen svensk själv, ifrågasätt inte min patriotism. Det enda jag är fientlig mot är idioter.

  • @kaunotukka I Agree that Swedes and Finns(My Norse Heritage is Danish and Swedish) are Very Similar and should not Feud over Semantics like that. Much Love to Lapland!

    I do have a Question though about what you meant in your Top Ranked Comment to LundaGrabben. Could you Elaborate on How the Byzantines came into topic, Please?

  • @Inepinefrin uj uj uj, Nu börjar dom Svenskfientliga tilltalen komma här, Något man oftast hör från invandrare - jag skiter fullständigt i vad han har skrivit till den där Finnen. jag vet bara att jag har sett den där Finnen på den här videon dom 2 - 3 senaste veckorna där han skrivit samma skit riktat mot Svenskar. Det var han som fiskade efter hat och han fick det. Som du sa, Rätt skall vara rätt. Men att sjunka ner till den där gossens barnnivå är bara löjligt.

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