From there they went to Saxland ( Germany ) and to the lands of Gylfi in Scandinavia ( Section 5 ).

The fourth book, Descriptio insularum Aquilonis, completed approximately in 1075, is about the geography, people and customs of Scandinavia, as well as updates of the progress of Christian missionaries there.

The most important source is Jordanes ' 6th-century, semi-fictional Getica which describes a migration from southern Scandza ( Scandinavia ), to Gothiscandza, believed to be the lower Vistula region in modern Pomerania, and from there to the coast of the Black Sea.

However, Heather and other scholars are very skeptical of this hypothesis, claiming that there is no archaeological evidence for a substantial emigration from Scandinavia.

The recusancy in Scandinavia did not survive until freedom of religion was re-established there in the 1800s, with almost all Roman Catholics, throughout the 20th century, being converts or immigrants from other countries.

The expanding population of Scandinavia led to a shortage of available resources and arable land there and led to a period of Viking expansion, the Norse gradually shifting their attention from plundering to invasion.

The well-preserved state of the shrine may be unique in Scandinavia: it was shaped like a platform with two " arms " of rocks having four erected poles in front of it where there was probably a wooden platform.

Writing in Latin letters was introduced to Scandinavia with Christianity, so there are few native documentary sources from Scandinavia before the late 11th and early 12th centuries.

Icelanders were known to use natural hot springs as baths, and there is a strong sauna / bathing culture in Scandinavia to this day.

Genetic studies in the British Isles of the Y-DNA Haplogroup R1a1, seen also across Scandinavia, have demonstrated that the Vikings settled in Britain and Ireland as well as raiding there.

In Northern Germany, Netherlands, northern Poland, Scandinavia, and the Baltic countries local building stone was unavailable but there was a strong tradition of building in brick.

With the Christianization of the Danes c. 960 AD, it is clear that there existed a kingship in Scandinavia which controlled roughly the current Danish territory.

Some scholars have doubted that they were known outside Scandinavia ; however, there is evidence that the god Freyr is the same god as the Germanic deity Ing ( reconstructed as Proto-Germanic * Ingwaz ), and that, if so, he is attested as having been known among the Goths.

From 1910 to 1920, the Castro was known as " Little Scandinavia " because of the number of people of Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish ancestry who lived there.

Lumberjacks could be found wherever there were vast forests to be harvested and a demand for wood, most likely in Scandinavia, Canada, and parts of the United States.

Carl's father worked as a casual laborer, sailed as a stoker on a ship headed for Scandinavia, and lost the lease to a nearby mill, only to end up there later as a mere grain carrier.

In Scandinavia, there is a clear distinction between mutual savings banks ( Sparbank ) and true credit unions ( Andelsbank ).

Note: As Sandviken means the sandy bay there are numerous other places of that name throughout Scandinavia.

Because of the migration of the French-speaking blacks and multiracial Creoles, the mixing of Cajun and Creole musicians, and the warm embrace of people from outside these cultures, there are multiple hotbeds of zydeco: Louisiana, Texas, Oregon, California, and Europe as far north as Scandinavia.

Aquavit is seldom produced outside of Scandinavia, although there are domestic imitations of it in some countries, especially in areas that have a large community of Scandinavian immigrants like USA.

At Måsøy, there is the tallest construction of Scandinavia, the tall Ingoy radio transmitter.

The Taunus, however, still can be seen in circulation, in nations like Spain, Germany and Scandinavia and there is an active owners club.

At Juvasshytta there is an alpine ski resort with lift on a glacier, with top on 2200 m. a. sl, the highest in Scandinavia.

While much of the support that the club enjoys is from the local Stoke-on-Trent area, there are a number of exile fan clubs, notably in London and stretching from Scandinavia to countries further afield such as Australia and the USA.

In Scandinavia, forn sed / forn siðr " old custom ", Nordisk sed " Nordic custom " or hedensk sed / heiðinn siður " heathen custom " are preferred.

There are notable differences of emphasis between Ásatrú as practiced in the USA and in Scandinavia.

The majority view appears to be that people such as King Hroðgar and the Scyldings in Beowulf are based on real historical people from 6th-century Scandinavia.

In particular, the British Museum ’ s collections covering the period AD 300 to 1100 are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world, extending from Spain to the Black Sea and from North Africa to Scandinavia.

The British Isles and Scandinavia are not included in Europe proper.

Hamlet-like legends are so widely found ( for example in Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, Byzantium, and Arabia ) that the core " hero-as-fool " theme is possibly Indo-European in origin.

Various types of hammered dulcimers are traditionally played in India, Iran, Southwest Asia, China, and parts of Southeast Asia, Central Europe ( Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland ( particularly Appenzell ), Austria and Bavaria ), the Balkans, Eastern Europe ( Ukraine and Belarus ) and Scandinavia.

) and for measuring the size of the catch and quotas for fishing boats ; decilitres are common in Switzerland and Scandinavia and sometimes found in cookbooks ; centilitres indicate the capacity of drinking glasses and of small bottles.

On the Baltic Sea coast, a number of large seaports exist to serve the international freight and passenger trade ; these are typically deep water ports and are able to serve very large ships, including the ro-ro ferries of Unity Line, Polferries and Stena Line which operate the Poland – Scandinavia passenger lines.

The Scandiae islands are more of a problem, as they could be Scandinavia, but other islands had that name as well.

They are found in Ireland, Britain, Scandinavia, northern Germany and the Drenthe area of the Netherlands.

The vast majority of the human population of Scandinavia are Scandinavians, descended from several ( North ) Germanic tribes who originally inhabited the southern part of Scandinavia and what is now northern Germany, who spoke a Germanic language that evolved into Old Norse and who were known as Norsemen in the Early Middle Ages.

Rare minerals from Scandinavia and Madagascar such as thortveitite, euxenite, and gadolinite are the only known concentrated sources of this element.

The Sámi are the only indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized under the international conventions of Indigenous peoples, and hence the northernmost indigenous people of Europe.

Three of the posts ( and possibly four ) were in an east-west alignment which may have had ritual significance ; no parallels are known from Britain at the time but similar sites have been found in Scandinavia.

Lesser used ( common in Scandinavia ) are tractors with three axles, which feature twin wheels either on one or both rear axles.

The people of medieval Scandinavia are also referred to as Norse, although this term properly applies only to the Old-Norse-speaking peoples of Scandinavia, and not to the Sami.

The most important primary sources for information on the Vikings are different sorts of contemporary evidence from Scandinavia and the various regions in which the Vikings were active.

Good-quality written historical sources for Scandinavia during the Viking Period are scarce, but the archaeological record is rich.