ROSKILDE, Denmark (AP) — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Europe to spread trade, influence and sometimes war across seas and continents. In December, the ...

The only historically accurate information about Vikings generally comes as a footnote in history books that mentions in passing Leif Ericson's voyage to North America 500 years before Columbus made ...

Gabríel Ólafs drew inspiration from Viking tunes for his album Lullabies for Piano and Cello, featuring cellist Steiney Sigurðardóttir. While strolling in his home city of Reykjavik last year, Gabríel ...

Viking Park in Gurnee was developed beginning in 1973 but reminders of activities on the property off Old Grand Avenue long before then aren’t hard to find. Besides three structures that have survived ...

While strolling in his home city of Reykjavik last year, Gabríel Ólafs wandered into a bookstore, where he found an out-of-print collection of ancient Viking melodies. The Icelandic pianist-composer ...

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