Why did the Vikings not go to Finland?
Vikings could not have reached the modern Russian territory without passing through the Baltic shores. Russia simply did not have any accessible coastline between the ninth and 11th centuries, the golden Viking era. The small strip of land near Estonia and Finland was swampy and sparsely populated by the Baltic Finns.
Did Vikings ever go to Finland?
Contact between Sweden and what is now Finland was considerable even during pre-Christian times; the Vikings were known to the Finns due to their participation in both commerce and plundering. There is possible evidence of Viking settlement in the Finnish mainland.
Are the Finns Nordic?
Finland, according to some Finns I know, is not part of Scandinavia, which comprises Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Together with Iceland and Finland (and the Faroes), they together form the Nordic Countries.
What was the relationship between Finland and the Vikings like?
However, during the iron-age, there were strong contacts with the Finnic tribes on both sides of the Gulf of Finland, as well as to the east and to the west. During the Viking age, the tribes of Finland were more or less at par in technological development with their neighbours to the west, east and the south.
Who were the Finns in medieval Finland?
One of the two western tribes were the Finns, which eventually gave their name to the entire province, which would form later in the medieval times. They are known as Sums in the Novgorodian Chronicles, and their modern Finnish name would be “suomalaiset”.
Could the Vikings have reached Russia without the Baltic Sea?
Vikings could not have reached the modern Russian territory without passing through the Baltic shores. Russia simply did not have any accessible coastline between the ninth and 11th centuries, the golden Viking era. The small strip of land near Estonia and Finland was swampy and sparsely populated by the Baltic Finns.
Why was Sweden so important to the Vikings?
During the Viking age, the southern direction decreased in significance, and it is presumed that this is because the Viking raids along the Gulf of Finland made communication and travel between Finland and the Baltic hazardous. Therefore, the importance of Sweden and Continental Europe (usually via Sweden) grows.