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Culture
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The forefathers of the Vikings were adventures seafarers greatly impacted the Norwegian culture. During the Viking age physical strength, speed, resilience, and endurance were considered the most important qualities for men. Competition between men included: Wrestling, archery, javelin, swimming or skiing.
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History
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The Norsemen, also known as Vikings, ravaged the coasts of northwest Europe from the 8th to the 11th century and were ruled by local chieftains. Olaf II Haraldsson became the first effective king of all Norway in 1015 and began converting the Norwegians to Christianity. After 1442, Norway was ruled by Danish kings until 1814, when it was united with Sweden
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Impact on Neighboring Societies
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Language
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Old Norse is the language of the Vikings. It is a north Germanic language once spoken in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, France, the British Isles, and in parts of Russia. Most old Norse literature was written in Iceland which includes the Eddas, poems about gods and mythic origin, or heroes of an earlier age, And Sagas, the stories of historical figures or groups intended as entertainment.
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Art
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Norse art is also known by its use of commonly used objects as artistic mediums. In fact, the Norse rarely created art that did not have a functional purpose. An axe might be richly carved, for example, but it could also be used. Perhaps the most famous examples of purposeful art are the Viking ships that were ornately carved. Carvings were also on doorways, jewelry, and tableware and artists worked with stone, wood, metal, and even bone.
The Oseberg style of Norse art took place during the ninth century and impacted the Nordic Bronze Age Art—art that featured beasts. Its ornamental designs were typically repetitive in nature—branches might interlock and then repeat. The use of repetitive patterns is used in the other styles, but it is seen commonly in Celtic art as well.
Edvard Munch: painted the scream a very famous artist
Religion
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Mettlers can be divided into two categories belief in pagan gods and belief in other supernatural things. In turn, the gods were divided into two families, the Æsir and the Vanir. Some people only believed in their own strength and abilities, whilst others formed a group which followed what has been called “a blend of faiths”. Helgi “magri” (the lean) for instance believed in both Christ and Þór. A number of the settlers were Christian
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Education
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Viking children did not leave home to go to school. Children learned at home, usually taught by a parent. When they were were old enough they learned how to help their parents with daily chores. The boys would help on the farm or learn a craft and the girls would learn sewing and cooking. Poetry and music were taught to children from wealthier families. Some children who were not needed at home were sent to work for other families
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Agriculture
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The Sosteli farm in Norway, offers strong evidence that Vikings energetically cultivated cannabis, a recent analysis shows. The cannabis remains from the farm date from 650 AD to 800 AD.
This is not the first sign of hemp cultivation in Norway this far back in time.
Most Vikings were farmers. Even those who were involved in the raids all over Western Europe. These Viking raiders and traders would generally still come home with their profits or with their stolen goods to operate the farms. Considering that most Vikings were farmers is quite odd that we know so little about their farming techniques.
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Economics & Trade
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Traded items included slaves, coins, ceramics, and materials from specialized crafts such as copper-alloy casting and glass-working. Greenland's Norse community relied on trade in walrus ivory, hide, and polar bear skins to support their difficult farming strategies. Beginning at the end of the 10th century A.D, arctic Norway cod played a major role in Viking trade.
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Legacy
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Norway has produced many great polar explorers and scientists. Some, like Roald Amundsen the first man to reach the South Pole are well known but there are others who have been almost forgotten - men like Carsten Borchgrevink who, almost 10 years earlier in 1899, paved the way for his more famous countryman by being the leader of the first expedition party to winter over in Antarctica at a site known as Cape Adare.
Cape Adare is a desolate place but it is the site of a string of Norwegian “firsts”. It is not only the site of the first confirmed landing on the Antarctic mainland, but the first buildings to be constructed there, the first wintering over on the continent and the first grave.
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Science, Math & Technology
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The melting of the long-frozen snow and ice in Norway, and elsewhere around the world, has produced a great amount of ancient artifacts, from hunting tools to goat-skin leggings, shoes, and even Otzi the Iceman, the remains of a man who lived more than 5,000 years ago. Now archaeologists have recovered an ancient ski complete with its binding, believed to date back some 1,300 years.
The wooden ski measures 172 centimeters long and 14.5 centimeters wide and was discovered in a glacier in what’s now Reinheimen National Park in the mountains of Lesja in Oppland. Incredibly, even the leather binding, which was mounted on a raised portion in the middle of the ski, was still well-preserved. Historians have long known that Norwegians were skiing more than a thousand years ago, and now they have the proof.
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Government
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The government of ancient Norway was a constitutional monarchy
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FOOD
- Kjøttkaker - a type of meat cake
- Kjøttboller - a type of meatball
- Svinekoteletter - a pork chop
- Svinestek - a roasted pork
- Fårikål- mutton stew
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( Jonah's ancestor )
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