| IIIIITHE1IIIII said: Swedish guy here, in case you haven't noticed already. I live on a pretty small island (with a great historical fortress) very close to Gothenburg, which is our second largest city. You want an interesting fact? Sweden looked like this at one point:
Then Russia, Poland and Denmark-Norway started fucking with us at the same time. We eventually defeated all of them except Russia who stole what is now called Finland, Estonia and their surrounding territories from us. Luckily, we managed to steal Norway from Denmark to compensate for the loss. |
I've studied Norway, Sweden, Denmark a lot considering I have some Norwegian blood in me. I usually refer to myself as a Viking. I find the Viking era one of the most interesting eras in history. Vikings contributed a lot more than just pillaging. They basically set up Dublin as one of their main trade cities. They helped found Russia by clearing out the barbarians that were blocking the river trade routes (they pretty much organized the disorganized tribes that were living in Russia at the time). The name Russia comes from the Rus Vikings. I can go on and on... Oh and I don't like all the credit that goes to Christopher Columbus. Leif Ericson deserves more credit.
