The Swedish Vikings De foro manligen fjärran efter guld och österut gåvo örnen föda De dogo söderut i Särkland. Inscription in a stone outside Gripsholms castle. While the Vikings from Norway and Denmark went hunting for new land in the west and southwest, the Vikings from present-day Sweden usually went east and south-east. There was another aspect to their business abroad. While the Danes and the Norwegians usually conquered and …showed first 75 words of 2567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2567 total…halls, their ships were fitted without cost for their return and they got free food and drink. The Emperor of Constantinople was very impressed by the fearless men from the North, so impressed in fact that he formed a life guard composed of only Vikings. But they weren't satisfied with this, they went even farther east. Exactly how far east we cannot tell today, but we know that they made serious attempts to reach Samarkand.