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Why didn't the vikings conquer Finland?

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We might say that the vikings and Finns had mostly complementary skill sets. The Finns had access to the interior forests and furs while the vikings had the connections to take the furs to market throughout their maritime trading networks. read more

First the Scandinavian country that would eventually conquer Finland did not exist in viking times. What would become Sweden in medieval times was Svealand and the two Götalande and it would be quite a while before they got around to conquer anything other than them selves. read more

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