Just before the age of the Vikings, a town on an eastern island of present-day Denmark was a regional center of trade ... but ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king ... killed many Viking families in the Danelaw. This made King Sweyn of Denmark angry.

Canute ordered Aelfgifu to take his father's corpse back to Denmark as he feared it would ... and death, of the first Viking king of England. Despite his short reign, Childs says Forkbeard left ...

Also called Gorm the Languid (Danish: Gorm Løge, Gorm den Dvaske), was the first historically recognized ruler of Denmark, reigning from c. 936 to his death c. 958 viking king stock illustrations Gurm ...

Not least because it sees the close of his first year as King of Denmark, but also because it is customary for the monarch of the country to deliver a New Year's speech live on the evening of the ...

'Vikings: Valhala," a new original series to debut on Netflix later this year as a continuation of the 'Vikings' saga, announced cast members Tuesday. Cnut the Great, also known as Canute or Knut ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king ... killed many Viking families in the Danelaw. This made King Sweyn of Denmark angry.