Vikings Influence On American Culture And Society

Norway is a country that has a long history of struggles that is important to its identity. One of the first people in Norway were the Vikings, who founded settlements that are still around today. After the Vikings, it became a unified nation with many kings to rule them. Around the middle of the 1300s, Norway became unified with Denmark. A few centuries later, Norway gained its independence. It also suffered much destruction from World War II, but has recovered well. Norway is a nation with a significant history that has shaped Norway into what it is today. The Vikings settled and founded settlements in the areas known as Norway. The Vikings were fisherman and sea rovers who discovered Iceland, Greenland, and the coast North America before anyone else. They lived in the area of Scandinavia and invented the government form of a representative democracy. In a representative democracy government, the Vikings met annually to vote on issues such as voting for a new king. The area of Norway became home to a group of small, organized kingdoms. Each year starting in the 9th century after spring farming and fall …show more content…
During the Viking raids, Christianity and ideas of Norway's becoming its own nation were brought over from Europe. Many small Viking kingdoms joined together under Harald Harfager to become the unified nation of Norway in the year 900 A.D. King Olaf Tryggvason reunified Norway and established Christianity as the main religion. In 1028, Canute, the Danish king of England, invaded Norway. He was a strong supporter of the Viking religion and culture. Several years later, Norway's current capital of Oslo was founded in 1050 as a military post to guard against Danish invasion. Norway's time as a nation it important to Norway, because it helped to develop main Norwegain ideas and what they wanted when they were a country. Norway time as a unified nation prepared it for times to come (Zickgraf