The
period
from
800
?
1066
AD
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referred
____________________
in
Norwegian
history
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the
Viking
age
.
During
this
period
,
Norwegians
,
as
well
____________________
Swedes
and
Danes
,
traveled
abroad
on
longships
,
as
raiders
,
explorers
,
settlers
and
traders
.
Viking
raids
affected
large
parts
of
Europe
.
The
Norwegian
Vikings
mainly
traveled
west
,
to
Britain
and
Ireland
.
Emigrants
from
Norway
colonized
Shetland
,
Orkney
,
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Faroe
Islands
and
Iceland
.
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Iceland
,
Greenland
was
also
colonized
,
and
voyages
____________________
even
made
to
North
America
,
where
remains
of
Viking
dwellings
have
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found
in
Newfoundland
.