A notable feature in Norway was the presence of weapons, particularly swords, alongside skeletons in graves. The study identified more than 3,000 swords from the Late Iron Age and Viking periods ...

Until now the rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark were thought to be comparable. Now, challenging these assumptions, researchers have found much greater rates of trauma on skeletons ...

From the Viking skeletal study: Antemortem damage is observable with remodeling of the occipital bone. TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2024) – Rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark were long ...

In 1931 Norway’s little-known Arctic Council of peppery explorers warned Norway that Danes were planning to explore East Greenland, secure it for Denmark (TIME, June 8, 1931 et seq.).

1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden. 1849 - Denmark becomes constitutional monarchy; two-chamber parliament established. 1914-18 - Denmark is neutral during World War One.

Denmark's more structured society also had a smaller percentage of graves containing weapons than Norway's. Instead, social order was maintained through political control, reflected in the ...