http://www.thetowerlight.com/2013/03/vikings-review-this-is-scandinavia/ Towson’s campus and community news source Tue, 21 May 2013 12:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thetowerlight.com/2013/03/vikings-review-this-is-scandinavia/comment-page-1/#comment-214699 Thor Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:05:32 +0000 http://www.thetowerlight.com/?p=54095#comment-214699 Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, as well as founder of Swansea (“Sweyn’s island”). In 1013, the Danes under Sweyn led a Viking offensive against the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The English king was forced into exile, and in late 1013 Sweyn became King of England, though he died early in 1014, and the former king was brought out of exile to challenge his son.

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