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To: GSlob
Leif Eriksen was Norwegian not Swedish. Actually, the Swedes were operating almost exclusively in Russia and Byzantium, while the other vikings went to North America. I think it may just be coincidental that they did the same types of things with their teeth.
5 posted on 01/08/2006 2:25:41 PM PST by Theoden (Fidei Defensor - Deus vult!)
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To: Theoden

This is what happens when you try and brush with your swords. . .


6 posted on 01/08/2006 2:30:55 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: Theoden
I thought it was the Swedes who gave us the occasional blond Irishman...
9 posted on 01/08/2006 3:01:17 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Don't buy Bose. Their warranty is no good.)
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To: Theoden
Western and Southwestern Sweden were an area of Sweden that sometimes fell under the control of Denmark or Norway. If from the Goteborg area they would probably have done their "Viking" in the North Atlantic.

See:

http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/slkrig_eng.htm

The modern boundaries were essentially established after the treaty of Roskild in 1648.
14 posted on 01/08/2006 3:19:50 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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