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There are eighteen posts in The Copy Book tagged Scandinavian History. To see all our posts, go to the Archive.

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Vige, the Viking’s Dog

By Snorro Sturluson

Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.

‘I Have No Quarrel With Any Man’

By Elizabeth Wilson Grierson

Magnus, Earl of Orkney, disappointed King Magnus of Norway by refusing to get involved in somebody else’s war.

Miracles of St Olaf

By Snorro Sturluson

Snorro Sturluson records some of the miracles attributed to Olaf II, King of Norway, after Englishman Bishop Grimkell declared him a saint.

Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Steers a Bold Course

By Snorro Sturluson

Magnus had just reasserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man, when he stumbled into a party of Normans harassing the King of Gwynedd.

Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Tours the Isles

By Snorro Sturluson

Barely a generation after Harald Hardrada narrowly missed out on taking the English crown, his grandson Magnus re-asserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man.

Bergen’s Blessings

By Charles Isaac Elton

In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.

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