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This story is delightful.

Just one little detail: 'Viking' was a job description of a Scandinavian who went abroad in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries (beginning in the late 8th century), either as a merchant, a raider or a mercenary, so the big character is practically Scandinavian on both sides, which is flattering, I suppose. To 'go on viking', as it was called in some rune stone inscriptions, was to go abroad for financial purposes.

It's funny how people outside Scandinavia imagine Scandinavians. I, who live here in Scandinavia, like to fantasize about big Irishmen, Britons, Finns, Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians. Funny, isn't it? Oh. And don't forget the Hungarians. They seem to have a natural talent for bodybuilding.

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Thanks so much Hialmar.  I learned a lot from what you shared.  I really appreciate it.  I like the fact that he ends up being Scandinavian on both sides.  And now, I won't forget the Hungarians.  Thanks, again.

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3 minutes ago, londonboy said:

Thanks so much Hialmar.  I learned a lot from what you shared.  I really appreciate it.  I like the fact that he ends up being Scandinavian on both sides.  

I'm often surprised by how The British forget how much you have in common with us Scandinavians, historically. The Angles and the Jutes who settled in England (and gave it its name, Angle Land – while Jutland is a Danish peninsula now) in the 5th century, the Danes who governed the Danelaw in Yorkshire, Midlands and East Anglia in the 9th and 10th centuries, and the Normans who arrived in 1066 were all Scandinavians. We also share a Stone Age past, because of the Bell Beaker People who spread from Ireland and Britain to Scandinavia in the 3d millennium BCE, probably because of tin trade. 

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