I thought
i had read they were bigger than that because of the high protein diet (more meat than grains) and the physical labor. If they were actually that short they couldn’t have been too thin just because of those factors. Maybe not fat but strong/stocky.
Protein as in Fish. Very lean protein.
Are modern Japanese women full of girth because they eat lots of seafood?
Beef,pork, poultry require lots of green pastures or grains to feed the livestock. Which the Medieval Vikings did not have.
Scandinavians were extremely poor. That is why nobody ever bothered to invade them. Not even the Romans or the Mongols
In the 19th century up to a 1/4 of the Scandinavian population immigrated out of Europe.
Working like a motherf.... does not make you add muscle mass.
Look at poor laborers from ...... anywhere.
I have no doubt they would win a weight lifting contest vs average modern women.