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A New Look at Vikings

Jeanette Varberg

Jeanette Varberg is one of Denmark’s leading historians with expertise on Viking warfare and Bronze Age history. An archaeologist and scholar, she has written numerous books and articles about Danish history and Viking raids. Varberg’s book Viking, published in Denmark in 2019, recast the history of Viking battles and global expeditions with a focus on interpreting artifacts as well as written sources. A curator at the National Museum of Denmark, she is a driving force behind a new exhibition entitled “The Raid,” which opened in June 2021 and will run for three years. Varberg’s research continues to shed light on Vikings at war.

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