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  2. World's Strongest Viking - Wikipedia

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    One of the most legendary moments of the competitions came in 2015 when Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson surpassed the historical 1,000 years old Viking ship mast (Ormrinn langi) feat of strength by carrying a 650 kg (1,433 lb), 10 metres (33 ft) long, 1.41 metres (4 ft 8 in) circumference Viking ship mast on his back for 5 steps in −20 ...

  3. List of World Records and feats of strength by Hafþór Júlíus ...

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    Keg toss – 15 kg (33 lb) over 7.77 metres (25 ft 6 in) (2024 Strongest Man on Earth) (World Record) [74] Hafþór also held the previous world record twice when he cleared 7.10 metres (23 ft 4 in), during 2015 Giants Live Sweden (Scandinavian Open) [95] [96] and 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in), during 2016 World's Strongest Man Group 3 [97] [31]

  4. Orm Storolfsson - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, the record which had stood for over 1,000 years, was beaten by fellow Icelander Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Vinstra, Norway. Hafthór carried a 10.06 metres (33.0 ft) long, 1.42 metres (4 ft 8 in) in circumference or 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in) in diameter, 650 kilograms (1,433 lb) log for ...

  5. List of battles by casualties - Wikipedia

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    Viking invasions of England: 5,000 Battle of Stamford Bridge: 1066 Viking invasions of England: 13,000 Battle of Hastings: 1066 Norman Conquest: 6,000 [c] [207] Battle of Manzikert: 1071 Byzantine-Seljuk Wars: 25,000 Battle of Langensalza (1075) 1075 Saxon Revolt of 1073-1075: 8,600 [c] Battle of Nhu Nguyet river: 1077 Lý–Song War: 150,000 ...

  6. Vikings - Wikipedia

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    Until recently, the history of the Viking Age was largely based on Icelandic sagas, the history of the Danes written by Saxo Grammaticus, the Primary Chronicle, and Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib. Few scholars still accept these texts as reliable sources, as historians now rely more on archaeology and numismatics , disciplines that have made valuable ...

  7. Viking raid warfare and tactics - Wikipedia

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    [14] The Annals of St. Bertin [15] and the Annals of Fulda [16] contain East and West Frankish records (respectively) of Viking attacks, as does Regino of Prum's Chronicle [17] - which was written as a history of the Carolingian Empire in its final years. The Annals of Ulster and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles describe raid activity in Ireland and ...

  8. Siege of Dumbarton - Wikipedia

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    In 870 Amlaíb and Ímar gathered their combined forces and launched their attack on Dumbarton. Unable to take the fortress, they besieged the rock for a period of four months, a length of time highly unusual for the period, and unprecedented in the history of Viking warfare in the British Isles.

  9. Viking expansion - Wikipedia

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    Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.