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The history of Scandinavia is the history of the geographical region of Scandinavia and its peoples. The region is located in Northern Europe , and consists of Denmark , Norway and Sweden . Finland and Iceland are at times, especially in English-speaking contexts, considered part of Scandinavia.
Scandinavia in the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1815 (1986) A Folk Divided: Homeland Swedes and Swedish Americans, 1840-1940 (1994) Northern Arcadia: Foreign Travelers in Scandinavia, 1765-1815 (1998) Sweden and Visions of Norway: Politics and Culture, 1814-1905 (2003) The Old Country and the New: Essays on Swedes and America (2006)
The show portrays some of the social realities of the medieval Scandinavian world, such as slavery [245] and the greater role of women within Viking society. [246] The show also addresses the topics of gender equity in Viking society with the inclusion of shield maidens through the character Lagertha, also based on a legendary figure. [247]
Scandinavian Journal of History; List of Scandinavian saints; Second Northern War and Norway; Shiraz expedition; Skilling (currency) Socken; Stone circle (Iron Age) Stone ship; Stortorget, Malmö; Siege of Fredrikstad; Swedish–Norwegian War; Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101)
The Scandinavian Peninsula became ice-free around the end of the last ice age.The Nordic Stone Age begins at that time, with the Upper Paleolithic Ahrensburg culture, giving way to the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers by the 7th millennium BC (Maglemosian culture c. 7500–6000 BC, Kongemose culture c. 6000–5200 BC, Ertebølle culture c. 5300–3950 BC).
Wild Scandinavia is a three-part natural history television series, first broadcast on the US network PBS. The series is narrated by Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson. [1] [2] The series was made by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, and co-produced by PBS. [3]
In the 7th millennium BCE, the climate in Scandinavia was warming as it transitioned from the former Boreal age to the Atlantic period. Reindeer and their hunters had already migrated and inhabited the lands of northern Scandinavia, and forests had established. A culture called the Maglemosian culture lived in the areas of Denmark and southern ...
Scandinavia and the great powers 1890-1940 Cambridge University Press, 2002) online. Sejersted, Francis. The Age of Social Democracy: Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century (Princeton University Press; 2011); 543 pp; Traces the history of the Scandinavian social model as it developed after the separation of Norway and Sweden in 1905.