![]() The earliest phase of this border-wall was built in the year 737, and it was reinforced and changed on a number of occasions till well on into the 12th century (andersen, madsen, voss, 1976 roes- dahl, 1982: 141-6). But there was a distinct Scandinavian culture during most of the Viking Age, though of course also local differences and developments, and the southern border of Denmark - and Scandinavia - was well protected by one of northern Europe's largest earth-works : the Danevirke. ![]() ![]() of Medieval Archaelology, Aarhus University, Denmark.īut first it should be noted that the three present Scandinavian kingdoms Denmark, Norway and Sweden only started to take form during the Viking Age that Scandinavia is a very vast area (constituting about half of Europe's length), and that the topography and the natural resources vary enormously - from the mountain areas of the midnight sun in the extreme north to the green lowlands of south Scandinavia. ![]()
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