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    Hedeby (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhe̝ːðəˌpyˀ], Old Norse Heiðabýr, German Haithabu) was an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries) trading...
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    The Hedeby 1, also known as the Ship from Haithabu Harbour, was a Viking longship that was excavated from the harbor of Hedeby, a Viking trading center...
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    The Hedeby stones are four runestones from the 10th century found at the town of Hedeby in Northern Germany. This area was part of Denmark during the...
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    Wulfstan of Hedeby was a late ninth-century traveller and trader. His travel accounts, as well as those of another trader, Ohthere of Hålogaland, were...
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    The Hedeby Viking Museum (Danish: Vikingemuseum Hedeby) (German: Wikinger Museum Haithabu) is a museum near the site of Hedeby, a former medieval city...
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  • Olof the Brash (redirect from Olaf (Hedeby))
    element in Hedeby. The placement of the rune stones associated with the dynasty has led to the conclusion that the kings ruled from Hedeby in South Jutland...
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  • Lagertha, a shield-maiden and Ragnar's ex-wife; she controls the Earldom of Hedeby calling herself Earl Ingstad. Clive Standen as Rollo, a warrior and Ragnar's...
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  • (sic) and Hedeby. Ohthere said that he had travelled north chiefly to hunt walrus, and his journey south to the Danish trading settlement of Hedeby, via the...
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    the Frankish chroniclers as having ruled the nascent Danish kingdom at Hedeby. He may have been a nephew of king Harald Klak. He is mentioned as receiving...
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    sealant, and slaves. Important trading ports during the period include Birka, Hedeby, Kaupang, Jorvik, Staraya Ladoga, Novgorod, and Kiev. Scandinavian Norsemen...
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    e. besieged] Hedeby, but he was a commander, a very brave warrior. "Sven" is probably king Svein Forkbeard, as elsewhere on the Hedeby stones. Another...
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  • Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist visits Vanger at his estate on the tiny island of Hedeby, several hours from Stockholm. The old man draws Blomkvist in by promising...
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  • Lagertha, a shield-maiden and Ragnar's ex-wife; she controls the Earldom of Hedeby calling herself Earl Ingstad. Later, she becomes queen of Kattegat. Clive...
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  • The former Duchy of Schleswig (also: Southern Jutland) A former name for Hedeby, a Viking Age trading center, originally the largest town in the Nordic...
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  • Rhine Gorge Völklingen Wartburg Augsburg Würzburg Zollverein Danevirke Hedeby Worms Mainz Darmstadt Bad Ems Baden-Baden Bad Kissingen Erfurt The United...
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    increasingly German from the 14th century onwards. During the early Viking Age, Hedeby – Scandinavia's biggest trading centre – was located in this region, which...
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    or Slesvig therefore means "bay of the Schlei". The Viking settlement of Hedeby, located south of the modern town, was first mentioned in 804. It was a...
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    may have included Hedeby at the Schlei, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, where Hovi Jarl probably supported Rørik. The possession of Hedeby would have secured...
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    Barrier. The walls stretch for 30 km, from the former Viking trade centre of Hedeby near Schleswig on the Baltic Sea coast in the east to the extensive marshlands...
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  • defeated the Danes in 934 and gained influence in the important emporium Hedeby in South Jutland. The German ecclesiastic chronicler Adam of Bremen, writing...
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    Age were Ribe (Denmark), Kaupang (Norway), Hedeby (Denmark), and Birka (Sweden) in the Baltic region. Hedeby was the largest and most important trading...
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    turbulent years of 813–14. The Frankish annals state that the kings of Hedeby had to solve an uprising in Vestfold at this time. According to Ynglingatal...
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  • southern Baltic Sea coast. In the 9th century, the merchant Wulfstan of Hedeby travelled to Truso in the service of the English King Alfred the Great and...
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  • of Hedeby. He later betrays Sigvard and helps Lagertha gain power in Hedeby. When Lagertha rejects his advances, he helps Kalf gain power in Hedeby. In...
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    Hedeby reconstructed...
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    Viking religion, as they evolved into symbols of power and prowess. The Hedeby coins, among the earliest known Danish currency, have impressions of ships...
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, representing the fictional Hedestad and Hedeby Island.[citation needed] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gnesta....
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    the Schwansen peninsula to the south. The important Viking settlement of Hedeby was located at the head of the firth (fjord), but was later abandoned in...
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    respectively. The route began in Scandinavian trading centers such as Birka, Hedeby, and Gotland, the eastern route crossed the Baltic Sea, entered the Gulf...
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  • Runestones, designated as DR 2 and DR 4 in the Rundata catalog, are two of the Hedeby stones that were found in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which during the...
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