Researchers investigated the history of Scandinavia from the Roman period (between 1.0 CE and 400.0 CE) to the present, spanning over 2,000 years.

Two recent books chart the global reach of Scandinavian societies. Every nation harbors its own myths of world-historical greatness—even Iceland. No one is a more enthusiastic advocate for this tiny ...

For example, Scandinavian history is basically “Vikings raided and pillaged across Europe for a while, and sailed to North America long before many of the explorers who typically get credit for ...

The researchers looked at ancient DNA spanning 2,000 years of Scandinavian history from such remains to piece together a comprehensive look at the movement of peoples into the region during the ...

Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing (The Conversation) — Amid ...

A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history ...

Were your greats or great-greats from Sweden, Norway, Finland or Denmark? That means you share the Viking Heart, that elusive set of characteristics Arthur Herman discusses in his involving new book.

Paleogeneticists have taken a sweeping look at 297 ancient genomes from Scandinavia and compared them with genetic data from 16,500 living Scandinavians to better understand the genetic history of ...