Where did the Vikings live?

How Did The Vikings Live Vikings were Scandinavian seafaring warriors who, throughout the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries, terrorised large swathes of Europe. While at home in Norway, Denmark and Swede n the Viking people were largely independent farmers operating under land-owning chieftains, while abroad they were ruthless opportunists, pillaging lands of their riches in fearsome raids. read more

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and Bokmål: vikinger; Swedish and Nynorsk: vikingar; Icelandic: víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries. read more

The Vikings lived in Scandinavia (mainly Norway, Sweden and Denmark), and in Iceland. They ventured (and proliferated) as far as Italy and the Mediterranean, but more commonly sailed to Ireland, Northern France, England, and even North America. read more