"Viking" was a job, not an ethnicity. Most Scandinavians at the time were never Vikings, and only the short-livedest, unluckiest young men were Vikings for their whole lives. The aim of most Vikings was to buy a farm and get married.
#viking #history
Martin Rundkvist
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