It sounds scary, but viking ships were very safe and well suited for long journeys. Swedish ships sail east and south most of the time. The reason for this is because only 25% of Sweden’s coastline turns west to the North Sea, while the remaining 75% turns east and south to the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is not the end though. Viking ships could travel up any shallow river because the ship was so light and strong that it could be pulled many miles on land, over logs, to get to the next waterway, lake or river. Swedish vikings were also settlers. The difference between settlers and land robbers was noticeable, so there was no worry at all. They were known to be settling in Russia and Ukraine as early as the eighth century or maybe even earlier. East of the Baltic region was known as rus-a-finnish-(word for Sweden or Swedish). If that part of history was banned during the Soviet Era, It is a historical fact that vikings created the first Russian states being the Navgorod, Republic, and the Kiev Polity. The Viking Era is an important part of Swedish history for these many
It sounds scary, but viking ships were very safe and well suited for long journeys. Swedish ships sail east and south most of the time. The reason for this is because only 25% of Sweden’s coastline turns west to the North Sea, while the remaining 75% turns east and south to the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is not the end though. Viking ships could travel up any shallow river because the ship was so light and strong that it could be pulled many miles on land, over logs, to get to the next waterway, lake or river. Swedish vikings were also settlers. The difference between settlers and land robbers was noticeable, so there was no worry at all. They were known to be settling in Russia and Ukraine as early as the eighth century or maybe even earlier. East of the Baltic region was known as rus-a-finnish-(word for Sweden or Swedish). If that part of history was banned during the Soviet Era, It is a historical fact that vikings created the first Russian states being the Navgorod, Republic, and the Kiev Polity. The Viking Era is an important part of Swedish history for these many