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2. Viking (cruise line) - Wikipedia

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   The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...

3. Kongeå - Wikipedia

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   The Kongeå (in German Königs Au) is a watercourse in Southern Jutland in Jutland, Denmark. [2] It rises southeast of Vejen and Vamdrup and after about 50 kilometres (31 mi) it flows through a sluice to tidal mudflats and sandbanks north of Ribe, and eventually into the North Sea. The eastern section is little more than a stream, while the ...

4. North Sea Empire - Wikipedia

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   The North Sea Empire, also known as the Anglo-Scandinavian Empire, was the personal union of the kingdoms of England, Denmark [a] and Norway for most of the period between 1013 and 1042 towards the end of the Viking Age. [1]

5. Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde) - Wikipedia

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   The Viking Ship Museum (Danish: Vikingeskibsmuseet) in Roskilde is Denmark's national ship museum for ships of the prehistoric and medieval period. The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the Skuldelev ships , five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962.

6. Danes (tribe) - Wikipedia

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   The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age. They founded what became the Kingdom of Denmark.

7. Scandinavian York - Wikipedia

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   Scandinavian York or Viking [a] York (Old Norse: Jórvík) is a term used by historians for what is now Yorkshire [b] during the period of Scandinavian domination from late 9th century until it was annexed and integrated into England after the Norman Conquest; in particular, it is used to refer to York, the city controlled by these kings and earls.