Posted on 06/17/2015 10:53:33 AM PDT by WesternCulture
I am of Viking ancestry. In my part of the World, things like fighting spirit, balls and an appetite for destuction matter much. We also dispose of some decent brain power. Bohr and Nobel both were Scandinavians. My tiny Sweden is furthermore the only nation that successfully has took Moscow (- in 1610 Swedish field marshal De la Gardie entered Moscow and was cheered by large crowds. Everyone knows Swedish rule equals law and order. We might be a boring bunch, but we wholeheartedly hate chaos, injustice, disorder and crime. Leave it to us, we'll fix it.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1w7e46pHuc
The Vikings got bad press as they didn’t get to write the history. They were scammmed by travel agents promising luxurious accommodations and access to working ATM systems. Then they found out they had to take the Irish monastaries first.....
White Ruskies
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The Battle of Breitenfeld in the 30 Years War, where a domineering theocracy had to eventually allow the beginnings of individual freedom of religion and thought! What Martin Luther started, Gustavus Adolphus allowed to continue.
“You wouldn’t have gone on any of our voyages. We were all dead butch.”
“mmmm ... that’s not what I’ve heard.”
Plenty of Vikings settled in over the years. Especially in Minn, SD, No. Dak.
And the Danes were rulers (of Swedes and Norwegians and Saxons).
so tell us you men with balls Vikings from the north countries. why are you letting muslims and sharia law take over your country? Time to sharpen you axes and shine up your shields isn’t it?
>>We might be a boring bunch, but we wholeheartedly hate chaos, injustice, disorder and crime<<
Then stop sucking up to your muzzies, discipline them and protect your women against them.
“fighting spirit, balls and an appetite for destuction “
Sweden sold iron ore to the Nazis and was “neutral” during WWII.
My wife is Swedish. Modern Swedes are the distaff side. Go peddle your papers.
“dispose of some decent brain power. ......the only nation that successfully has took Moscow”
Hmmm...A self-grading declaration.
“chaos, injustice, disorder and crime
Yup. That describes the Vikings.”
- Guess I contradicted myself a little.
But if you have a look to Scandinavia of today and of the last 300 years or so you’ll see much of order, justice and rule of law. One certain thing is even more striking; the economic advancement. My country, Sweden, has one of the highest standards of living on Earth. We don’t have oil or a unrestricted banking industry. What is it that we do? We educate ourselves, strive for success and run our companies very well.
Peter the Great studied their ship building expertise up close.
That has to be a tribute band. I have studied Anni and Agnetha closely. Every inch I could find on the interwebs.
Felice Vinci’s “The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epic Poems”
“...wasnt the traitor Quisling a Norwegian?”
Yes he was. On the WWII +70 thread I just read (with the war just ended in Europe) that the Norwegian government was going through and getting all of the gold, art, etc. that had been stolen and giving it back to the rightful owners.
My dad’s cousin had been in the Norwegian underground. Hid in a pile of potatoes in the cellar when the Nazi’s came through. My dad asked him once what he had done in the underground. “Nobody will ever know - not even my family. There are still Nazis.”
Another WWII article said they were going to round up all of the Norwegian traitors and execute them. Although I think in all they only executed a dozen or so.
Interesting. My wife is a Viking, so I have the answer as to why the viking men went sailing to the far corners of the earth, and it wasn’t for treasure.... ;-)
Well there’s “New Scandinavian Cooking” and “Perfect Day” on TV. Tina Nordstrom is pretty hot and kind of a prepper.
Sofia Janock was cool up until about ten years ago.Now she’s another greenie.
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