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  1. Medieval Scandinavia: The Swedish Kingdom. By Beñat Elortza Larrea. For the sixth article in the series, Beñat Elortza Larrea discusses the transformation of Svealand and Götaland into the Swedish kingdom. Two traits make Swedish medieval history considerably different from the developments of its neighbours during the same period.

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      The transformation of Norway from a sheltered sailing route...

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      The remains of two medieval merchant vessels, known as cogs,...

  2. Medieval Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon sources tell of Migration Age Swedish kings belonging to the Scylfing dynasty, also known as Ynglings. Some sources, such as Íslendingabók, Ynglinga saga and Historia Norwegiæ trace the foundation of the Swedish kingdom back to the last centuries BC.

  3. Medieval Scandinavia: The Rise and Fall of the Danish Kingdom. By Beñat Elortza Larrea. In the second article of this series about the rise of kingdoms in medieval Scandinavia, Beñat Elortza Larrea presents the history of Denmark between the late tenth and early fourteenth centuries.

  4. For the fourth article in the series, Beñat Elortza Larrea details the transformation of Norway from a sheltered sailing route to the most centralised kingdom in medieval Scandinavia. Scandinavian geography is crucial in order to understand the establishment of the Norwegian kingdom.

  5. The Sámi have a complex relationship with the Scandinavians (known as Norse people in the medieval era), the dominant peoples of Scandinavia, who speak Scandinavian languages and who founded and thus dominated the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden in which most Sámi people live.

  6. Summary. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STRUGGLES, C. 1200–1319. BY ‘the Scandinavian kingdoms’ are understood the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. In modern English Scandinavia also generally includes Finland and Iceland, and these five countries are regarded, by foreigners as well as by the peoples themselves, as forming a coherent region ...

  7. A Christian church organisation was established, the first towns came into being, and the unification of the three medieval kingdoms of Scandinavia began, coinciding with the formation of the unique Icelandic 'Free State'.