Vikings in America arrived centuries before Columbus. Explore the 1021 AD scientific proof and Norse artifacts found.

As chronicled in the Sagas of Icelanders, Norwegian sailors (often called Vikings), founded two small colonies near the ...

Greenland’s history begins with a Viking exile accused of murder. Named deceptively to attract settlers, the world’s largest ...

Amidst the talks of ‘US takeover of Greenland’, here is a brief history of Greenland, which is a rare meeting place of Norse ...

As 2025 began, I marveled at among other things still being here.

While US President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire to take control of resource-rich Greenland, he is not the first to ...

Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer from Iceland, born around 970-980 C.E., who is widely believed to be the first European to set foot in North America — approximately 500 years before Christopher ...

Freydís Eiríksdóttir is one of the most puzzling people in Viking history, with two conflicting Norse sagas painting radically different portraits of her character. The daughter of Erik the Red and ...

Erik the Red is one of the most interesting figures in Norse history. Epitomizing the Viking spirit of adventure and conquest, Erik is widely (and mistakenly) remembered as the first European to ...

“The original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth.” That’s how the White House lauded none other than ...

It was after midnight on the icy slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. A frigid wind sliced across my cheeks as I tightened the drawstrings of my parka. A sliver of moon hung above a sweep of cloud so far ...

On Saturday, Oct. 11, the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation hosted its “Leif Erikson Celebration” at California Lutheran University, commemorating the 200-year anniversary of ...