{"id":5154,"date":"2016-08-11T17:41:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=5154"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:33:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:33:59","slug":"proud-viking-swedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/proud-viking-swedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Vikings: No, Their Helmets Did NOT Have Horns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5206\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Swedish Vikings - How to be Swedish\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Swedish-Vikings-How-to-be-Swedish-s-1240x1240.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Brits have Mister Bean, Americans have Mickey Mouse, the French, well, they probably have someone wearing a beret, and the Swedes &#8211; they have the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>Vikings are the\u00a0personified symbols of\u00a0the Swedish nation. You find them in diverse ways in Swedish souvenir shops, in movies and or as names of sports teams. Other Scandinavian countries\u00a0also use them for marketing purpose, but for the moment let\u2019s just choose to think of them as mainly Swedish.<\/p>\n<h2>What you must know about Vikings<\/h2>\n<p>Vikings were in their prime during the late 8th to late 11th centuries, when they raided and traded from Scandinavia\u00a0across wide areas of northern, central and eastern Europe. The Vikings were also good at building boats with a flat keel. This made it easier for them to travel way up rivers, access shores and thus to spend more time sunbathing on the beach or\u00a0plunder\u00a0villages.\u00a0Enough history lesson, let&#8217;s\u00a0get to the more interesting stuff.<\/p>\n<h2>Swedish Vikings<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>You might find it hard to believe that sleek modern day Swedes are descends\u00a0from wild Vikings &#8211; until you see them drunk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Vikingarna<\/em> (Vikings)\u00a0were wild and rough and had long beards. Many modern Swedes still have long beards.<\/p><div id=\"hejsw-4114158962\" class=\"hejsw-content-sfa-desktop-and-tablet-1 hejsw-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eu3RS1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png\" alt=\"Book about Sweden - How to be Swedish\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HtbS-ad-main-220420-1-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Vikings believed in several gods and drank a lot of alcohol. Nowadays, Swedes\u00a0have given up\u00a0believing in too many gods, if any. But they are still going strong keeping up good old drinking traditions.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the Vikings\u00a0took the ladies from the conquered villages and made them their wives. Rumor says it, they only took the good looking blonde women with them. According to a few drunk Swedes this is the explanation why there are so many blondes in Sweden. Well, at least it sounds plausible and a good story to share\u00a0when you&#8217;re drunk.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Did <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Vikings<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0wear horns on their helmets?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>No, they didn&#8217;t. I was disappointed, too, when I found out. This memorable item and great marketing trick finds its origin in\u00a0a theater performance from\u00a0the early 1900&#8217;s. Actors, dressed as Vikings, were given a\u00a0helmet with horns. From\u00a0then on every Viking has been depicted\u00a0with a horny helmet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, dear soon-Swede<\/strong>, be proud of &#8220;your&#8221; Viking ancestors and start\u00a0spreading\u00a0the above mentioned rumors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brits have Mister Bean, Americans have Mickey Mouse, the French, well, they probably have someone wearing a beret, and the Swedes &#8211; they have the Vikings. Vikings are the\u00a0personified symbols of\u00a0the Swedish nation. 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