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Events relating to scandinavia
The Lapps, hunters of reindeer, have Scandinavia to themselves before the arrival of Germanic tribes
Tribes speaking Finno-Ugric languages are by now settled around the northeast of the Baltic, in modern Estonia and Finland
The Vikings develop the fast and narrow longships with which they raid across the North Sea
Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons
Hemming, a Danish king, makes a treaty with the Franks establishing the river Eider as the southern border of Denmark
Communal gatherings, the thing and the larger althing, are the distant origins of Scandivian parliaments
Vikings arrive in Iceland and form a settlement on the site of modern Rejkjavik
An althing of chieftains establishes the commonwealth of Iceland, which will survive for more than three centuries
The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy
Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom.
Iceland's parliament, the althing, passes a resolution that everyone on the island is to be baptized
Haakon IV is the first ruler to build up a strong Norway, some two centuries after the region becomes a single kingdom
Birger Jarl establishes a dynasty which brings all Sweden under a single rule
The Norwegian king, Haakon IV, annexes Iceland as his personal fief, bringing to an end the commonwealth established in AD 930
A treaty divides Finland between two powerfully competitive neighbours, Sweden and Novgorod
With a victory near Falköping, Margaret becomes regent of Sweden as well as Denmark and Norway
With the coronation of the 16-year-old Eric of Pomerania, the crowns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are formally united for the first time
The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway
The Swedish Riksdag includes peasants as a fourth estate, alongside clergy, nobles and burghers
Eighty distinguished Swedish citizens are executed together on the main square, in what becomes known as the Stockholm Bloodbath
The Vasa dynasty in Sweden begins with the seizing of the throne by Gustavus I
Gustavus I of Sweden fills his coffers by appropriating the property of Catholic churches and monasteries
Christian III seizes the wealth of Danish churches and monasteries, before turning his attention to those of Norway
The reign of Christian III begins three centuries in which Norway is administered as little more than an annexe of Denmark
The Northern Seven Years' War breaks out between Denmark and Sweden
