[WWI] The Red Baron Movie

[Helen and Chris]

Rob wrote:

Weren't the Vikings from Sweden?

Rob, I believe that "Viking" doesn't apply to any particular nation.  I think the word derives from Old Norse and simply means a Scandinavian pirate or sea-borne raider of the 8th - 10th centuries.  So they could have been Danish, Swedish, Norweigian etc.

I expect Jan will correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh, and they didn't have cow horns sticking out of their helmets, either - another myth gone!

Chris.
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