"Vikings," the term is given to a race of Scandinavian people who raided and settled in large areas of eastern and Western Europe during a period of Scandinavian expansion from about 800 to 1100. The term came from an old English word "wic", which is a derivation from a Latin wor...

Sweden is located in northwestern Europe between the country of Norway and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is located at the top of the continent above Denmark and the Baltic Sea. The entire country of Sweden is more than 170,000 sq. miles. Sweden is one of three Scandinavian countries, which include Nor...