Author: Terje Leiren

Dr. Terje Leiren is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington where he has taught Scandinavian history, including the history of the Vikings, for over 40 years.

Features

15 Apr, 2022

A new day dawns on the royal family

Professor Terje Leiren recap the history of the monarchy in Norway, going back to the Viking Age and the political unification of the kingdom.

Opinion

8 Apr, 2021

The Vikings were not who you thought they were

Popular images of the Vikings as ethnically pure, unkempt, destroyers of Christianity are fundamentally false, argues professor of Scandinavian Studies.

Author: Terje Leiren

A new day dawns on the royal family

The Vikings were not who you thought they were

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