The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...