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

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 ...

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.

The departure of Travis Fimmel and his character Ragnar Lothbrok from Vikings took most fans by surprise. It's not every day ...

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.

In a town outside Copenhagen, Denmark ... Vikings, around 650 to 750 A.D., Nielsen said. The grandiose style also suggests the helmet was not meant for battle, but was instead dedicated to a king ...