The Viking Age, part 1

Viking Age

Norway exerted the greatest influence on European history during the Viking Age, that is, Normans engaged in maritime and coastal robbery. Striving for the development of trade, the tense political situation and the growing agricultural population inspired …

Sea journeys of the Norwegians

When you take into account the huge distances traveled by the first travelers and the difficult sailing conditions, modern man begins to wonder, what kind of ships and technologies did the Norwegians use, to blaze sea routes through unmarked ones …

Prehistoric times

Prehistoric times

The first people, who appeared in modern Norway approx. 11 000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, there were newcomers from Siberia. Most likely they belonged to the old hunter culture, called Komsa, and they were the ancestors of the modern Sami, that is, the Sami. O …

About Norway part 2

There are two arctic regions within Norway. The small volcanic island of Jan Mayen found itself off the beaten track (and actually away from any trails). The indescribably beautiful Svalbard archipelago (the largest island is Spitsbergen) challenges adventurers, which not …