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Issue 63 : How the Vikings Took up the Faith

Originally published in 1999

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Table of Contents

Conversion of the Vikings: Did You Know?

Fascinating and little-known facts about the Vikings and their times.
Conversion of the Vikings: From the Editors - A Living Conversion Story

Ted Olsen
End of the Known World
Norway Part 1: 'Be Christian or Die'

When it comes to conversion by the sword, few can match the ruthless exploits of King Olaf Trygvesson.

James Reston
Norway Part 2: Dead Man Converting

King Olaf Haraldsson had only moderate success at converting his people—until a year after he was killed in battle.

Michael Scott Rohan and Allan Scott
Why Trust the White Christ?

Besides spiritual solace, Vikings were attracted by Christianity's tangible blessings.

Birgit and Peter Sawyer
The Dead Still Speak

What runestones and graveyards reveal about the Vikings' conversion process

Birgit and Peter Sawyer
The Conversion of Scandinavia: Christian History Timeline

A Christian History timeline
Denmark: Planting the Seed

How missionaries' modest beginnings eventually bore fruit in Denmark

J.R. Christianson
Conversion of the Vikings: The Gallery - Power Evangelism Checked

The stories of three Viking rulers and their encounters with Christianity.

Georgia L. Beaverson
Sweden: Faith Without the Fireworks

The conversion of Sweden is unspectacular—and for that reason most illuminating.

Mark Galli
Greenland: Father-Son Saga

The story of Erik the Red, his son Leif (the famous explorer) and the most misnamed of Viking Islands

Roger McKnight
Iceland: Althings Work to the Good

At a legislative Althing, a pagan judge prevented civil war in iceland by converting everyone to Christianity.

James W. Marchand
Conversion of the Vikings: Christian History Interview - Converting By the Sword

Why Christians used it, why it worked, and why it died.

Richard Fletcher
Conversion of the Vikings: Recommended Resources

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