Nordmen
Nordmen, or Norsemen, refer to the Scandinavian peoples who spoke Old Norse and lived in the Nordic kingdoms during the Viking Age and the early medieval period. The name derives from Old Norse Norðmenn, literally “men from the north,” and appears in contemporary and later sources. In modern scholarship, Norse or Norsemen is the standard term, while Nordmen appears mainly in historical usage.
They originated in what are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, developing advanced seafaring skills. From the
Religiously, the Norse practiced a polytheistic belief system rooted in Norse mythology and gradually converted to