How Big Was Denmark in the Viking Age?

The Viking Age was born in Denmark, with many of the raids in England, Northern France and Spain originating in the warbands of Danish petty kings. However when we talk about "Denmark" during this time, it's worth noting that we don't mean the same thing as that which we mean today. Instead, Denmark was considerably larger than the boundaries of the modern country, including Schleswig to the south, and a stretch of coastline across the Øresund including the modern Swedish regions of Skåne, Halland and further north the Norwegian regions around the Vik known as Viken.
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[@garretphegley8796]

Ragnar Lothbrok was a Furry.

[@cigbhungus3359]

They hated Jesus because he told them the truth

[@rateeightx]

@@cigbhungus3359 Was It That They Were Ugly?

[@h.rolandj.9195]

"The armies of Jesus"?... What army? We danes chose to convert because it was easier to trade with the rest of the world, who had spent 200 years fearing us as pagans. Being christians meant they didn't fear us, but there were never any army that defeated us and made of christians.

[@h.rolandj.9195]

Jesus is a lie... always was, always will be....

[@rateeightx]

@@h.rolandj.9195 Pretty Sure Jesus Did Infact Exist...

[@YMVZ1]

0:25 Incorrect map, you gave Bornholm island to Sweden

[@craftbrewer5401]

YMVZ and Rømø to the Germans.

[@zazo9able]

YMVZ I actually feel really offended

[@jimmywayne983]

Dont tell Putin, Was hard enough to kick out the russians from Bornholm after ww2, now we have to kick the swedes off that island too *looool*

Bornholm is Danish

@@craftbrewer5401 Rømø is Danish

[@mwtrolle]

What, did Sweden just conquer Bornholm today? One day without watching the news and then you get a surprise like that!

[@mwtrolle]

from the start of the video.

[@christopherellis2663]

Hasn't been to war for a while, and what would be the point? It was occupied by the Soviets after WWII

[@mwtrolle]

@@christopherellis2663 on the map in the video it were part of Sweden. Bornholm that is.

[@esbendit]

And the germans have taken Rømø as well

[@baltichammer6162]

Swedes have had Bornholm twice. Both times the locals revolted and defeated the Swedish garrison. The irony is Bornholm was given to Sweden as parts of peace treaties for losing wars against the Swedes. But the Bornholmers would have nothing to do with Swedes living on their Danish island. After defeating the Swedes the Bornholmers went to the Danish king to present themselves back in the Danish crown.

[@fedepede]

Funfact _ the King Harald mentioned at 5:10 is the same guy "Harald Bluetooth", who gave name to - yes Bluetooth technology...

[@ZamboniBerlusconi]

Fun fact. They chose the name of the king because he did indeed gathered the entirety of Denmark. Which is also what the technology does. It links devices.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@ZamboniBerlusconi Also why the symbol is so weird.

[@ZamboniBerlusconi]

@@JonatasAdoM i think it's just a rune. I don't kbow tbh

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@ZamboniBerlusconi That's what I mean. Didn't specify rune because I don't remember it anymore.

[@ZamboniBerlusconi]

@@JonatasAdoM Okay, so i found out what they meant. The rune are his initials merged together

[@stefanrosquist]

BORNHOLM (the island southeast of sweden ) IS NOT SWEDISH!.. it is danish! and is really important!

[@arawn1061]

Nej nej nej allt jag ser är små blå män

[@johanvandermeulen9696]

@@arawn1061 Sol invictus.

[@ScottJB]

It even fought against Sweden to be part of Denmark and is culturally Danish

[@davecullins1606]

Might not have been at the time.

[@noobyadam3571]

@@davecullins1606 it was.

[@williamkuebler5775]

A video about the unification of Denmark would be awesome

[@Andersen1864]

Living on the island of bornholm i just want to make clear WE ARE NOT SWEDISH. Other then that great video😊

[@historywithhilbert146]

Apologies I forgot to change your colour - my humblest apologies

[@mwtrolle]

@@historywithhilbert146 :P

[@baltichammer6162]

Chris Andersen Do you know of good books or videos on Bornholm history? I'm researching my Hammer family from Allinge/Sandvig and had great results with family type records. But not very good results on the island history. Just by its location Bornholm had to be in the middle of many events in northern Europe.

[@Andersen1864]

@@baltichammer6162 well i dont think there are that many things, the most important i think is when the swedish captain was killed and bornholm given back to the danish king by the freedom fighters, and the russian bombings of ww2. But if you have family roots in allinge where are you from then?

[@user-mq5xt5jf4o]

@@Andersen1864 Don’t agree. Bornholm is shrouded in old mysterious myths; but also facts. It has lots of petroglyphs dating back to Bronze Age in the same style as in the rest of Scandinavia. In the 4th century, the Burgundians founded Burgundy in France; they are believed to have been people from Bornholm. There was a lot of conquering / moving around at that time in Western Europe; to mention a few, the next century it was some Jutes and Angles from Denmark + Saxons and Frisians who settled down in Brittan, and the next century it was the Franks who conquered Burgundy. And long before that, the Goths was on the warpath for a couple of centuries. Many point their finger at the inhabitants on Gotland to be responsible for this. I have always thought of Bornholm and Gotland as very similar; with a good wind and longboat, only a day apart. Lots of Viking treasures are found on both isles. It is clear, that Bornholm for some time was one of many smaller kingdoms in Scandinavia, and that they were Vikings too. After the official ending of the Viking Age, many Scandinavians went directly from being Vikings to become Knights which doesn’t necessarily means something related to religion. The word “Knight” is of Germanic origin, i.e. north Europe / Scandinavia “knægt”, and meant “warrior” or “guard”. There were many orders, one of the most legendary of cause the Knights Templar. When the Knights got too rich and powerful the French king - who at that time was almost bankrupt (again) - and the papacy got worried, so they banded together and by order from the Pope the hunt for Knights Templar started on Friday the 13. October 1307, that’s why even to this day when Friday falls on the 13. it is considered to be a day for possible disasters. Most Knights Templar were caught, tortured (to reveal where the treasures were) and finally killed, the “excuse” the pope used for this mass killing were that the Knights had turned to heresy. The treasures that the French king and the papacy had hoped to lay the filthy hands on, they couldn’t locate. One of the places they suspected the treasures had been hidden was Bornholm, so they searched there too, without any luck. But the fact that they suspected Bornholm in the first place, suggests that there must have been connections. Perhaps the treasures still are there……

[@LWT1331]

Denmark was the most dominant viking nation, and where we, according to historical texts, get our main stereotypical idea of vikings.

[@smokenmirrors34]

ahhh denmark and sweden... you know what they say.... always feed two birds with one skåne

[@johnathanarcher6999]

smokenmirrors34 stargate has forever ruined the letter Å for me

You know what they say in Denmark ? ; Keep Denmark clean, follow a Swede to the border.

[@joonte1010]

@ The true swedish border ends in northern Germany, Denmark is by ancient right Swedish! The danes originated from uppland Sweden and conqured Denmark from the heruli and the jutes, the jutes being another people with origin from modern day Sweden, they came from geatland.

[@joonte1010]

Today the danes are a breed of monstrosities, too mixed with germans.. but their ancestors were very similar to swedes, both speaking east norse and understod eachother perfectly.

​@@joonte1010 There was no Swedish nation before the "Kalmarunion" I think that was 1640 not to forget the "Stockholm Bloodbad" olso in 1600 chek your fackts Idiot !

[@HistoryTime]

Why are footnotes just so incredibly satisfying to look at? Great essay mate! & video!

[@HistoryTime]

Actually the overwhelming response from my subscribers is that they appreciate the longer videos. Plenty of more casual channels out there for you to watch.

[@lluvik2450]

ignore this guy. just make content that you would watch yourself. dont cater do one random person's needs

[@lluvik2450]

Micahistory k

[@kookieless]

And the great part of footnotes it adds to your page length

[@vickiechristiansen7193]

Am I the only one who remember the danish queen, who took over Norway and Sweden, by letters and sitting down? Legendary!

[@vanjimbo]

Tell us this interesting history please?

[@kristianvejrup5808]

@@vanjimboIt was the Danish Queen Margrethe 1., who United Denmark Norway and Sweden in The Kalmar Union. She was a great diplomat, but when she was gone it fell apart

[@markncl100]

Love your content mate. The amount of times you've had me looking into the subjects you make videos on is unreal. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you so much!

[@gripen2341]

The provinces that once belonged to the Danes, but are now a part of Sweden, namely: Skåne, Blekinge, Halland (and perhaps one could mention Småland aswell), still has a connection to Denmark, in a way. I'm thinking of the Southern Swedish dialects. They don't use the typical hard, rolling R sounds like the northern parts of Sweden. The Swedes down south sounds more like Danes or Germans in the way they speak, with ''swallowed'' R's. The farther north and west you go in Sweden, the more it starts to sound like Norwegian. Slower, harsher and more articulated dialects, with a typical sing-songy way of speaking. Värmland, Dalarna, Hälsingland, Härjedalen etc. Languages/dialects and Geography are interwoven in a very fascinating way.

[@baltichammer6162]

&Gripen I've been told that Swedes understand the dialect on Bornholm better than standard Danish. Now I understand why. In my ancestor tree I see Skane mentioned either as a birthplace, marriage or death or just traveling to/from Skane to Bornholm.

[@Starkodder1963]

@@baltichammer6162 I am from Skåne and have connections backwards in all four corners of the landscape. And once I talked to a farmer on Bornholm and surprisingly to me, his dialect was much more like my own dialect and not like the typical Danish language that you hear on Zealand.

[@Starkodder1963]

@@casperbech9128 Only if you introduce Allemansrätten in Denmark.

[@baltichammer6162]

@@Starkodder1963 I don't recall where I got my dialect information but it makes sense. Bornholm seems detached from the main area of Denmark, like an orphan, being closer to the coasts of modern Germany and Poland. I also figured Bornholm would pick up influences from its neighbors and those passing through the channel. Thanks for the reply! :)

[@omega1231]

@@Starkodder1963 We do have an "allemandsret" it doesn't include all forests, but it's fairly recent (2012 i think) and they are currently making our forests wild (let them grow freely from now on basically) and they may expand the allemandsret in the future as we continue to respect the forests and all that.

[@RickMitchellProvenanceAndRoots]

Fascinating to learn about how the geography fashioned the kingdoms. Yes, please keep going on the topic of the Danes.

[@johan8969]

A thing he unfortunetely neglected to mention was why the Geats were Geats, the Svea, Svea and why the southern peninsular was Dane. He touched on Norways geography, but not really Swedens. Skåne, Blekinge and Halland is not only easier to reach by sea, but the land is flat and not heavily forested. Their borders to the nord and east (where the Geats lived), is densely forested. That forest created a natural borderland between the Svea in Uppland and the Danes in Skånelandende with the Geats roaming around in these forests.

[@mwtrolle]

you pronunciation of Æ Ø Å are really great!

[@mwtrolle]

Also the A, I and Y sounds that are different from English. The R sound that destroy your vocal cords are good to!

[@mwtrolle]

Though You forgot the D sound in the end of Svend and the pressure are wrong in København and Lolland the O sound are wrong.

[@mwtrolle]

but still impressive for a none native speaker.

[@theflyinggasmask]

Really impressive for a non native!

[@mwtrolle]

It's Knud and Knyt :P

[@theMark5445]

Very well made video. Keep up the fantastic work my friend. Huge respect from Denmark for putting in the effort to this video.

[@einarjorgensen]

The name of the straight between Norway and Denmark is Skagerrak. Not Kattegat

[@johnDukemaster]

Yep, it's the waters between Sweden and Denmark, between Skagerak and Øresund, that is Kattegat.

[@airsoftdude3825]

CoraCora 29 Thats not what it means in danish. Dont know where you got that from

[@coracora2950]

@@airsoftdude3825 oh welll

[@johan8969]

@I don’t exist For tax and insurance purposes In danish it means cats ass. Gat is still used in danish when talking about a fish cloaca. Reason being that it was "as tight as a cats ass" up where Kattegat and Skagerrak met. Sailors often had to turn back an wait for better seas since it was so turbulent

[@mwtrolle]

Danevirke were initiated in 500 AD if not even earlier.

[@xxrumlexx]

love you speaking danish, makes me smile

[@gardivor5245]

rumle he Said it so wrong

[@williamkuebler5775]

I read your essay on Harald Bluetooth and it is absolutely amazing, I love it

[@TheCyanideSon]

It would be great to have a video dedicated to Skåne, looking at both the Danish and Swedish periods, and how Skåne is culturally (and geographically) different to the the rest of Sweden as a result

[@blade666vamp]

Excellent as usual, Denmark- the original home of the Anglish

[@olelarsen7688]

In Lejre on Sjælland, which traditionally is a place where danish kings lived in the sagas, there was a collection of rune stones. And in the 19th century some idiot blew them to pieces with gunpowder. There is nothing left. What a loss. The inscriptions could have been proof that some of the mythological kings were real.

[@5udaf10prsentation8]

Ole Larsen det var sikkert en indvandrer

[@DaxTheOtter]

@@5udaf10prsentation8 *svensker

[@5udaf10prsentation8]

bjarke _l no dont give them that honor of being called that when they are just immigrants

[@olelarsen7688]

@@5udaf10prsentation8 Jeg er enig. Indvandrere og folk der er med til at ødelægge deres gamle land kan ikke kaldes danskere og svenskere osv. Men det er lidt pinligt. Jeg har lige fundet ud af at det ikke var en samling runesten, men en såkaldt skibssætning, der blev delvist ødelagt i Lejre. Palle Lauring skriver: Lejreskibssætningen var den ærværdigste, den største, og den navnkundigste. Allerede Ole Worm gjorde den kendt over Europa i 1600 tallet.........Den var ikke fredet, blev det først for ret nylig, da dens ejer fandt på at sprænge stenene i stumper.....Skrevet 1952.

[@WellDisregardThat]

This was a very interesting video! Would love to see more of Danish history!

[@icedcoffeeslut1277]

When Sweden and Denmark have a handball tournament, you are sure to see atleast one Dane with the sign "vi tager skåne tilbage!" (we are taking skåne back) which I for one find pretty amusing

[@jokka99]

You could have added that in addition to ruling the Norwegian Viken area "directly" as you showed on the map, a big part of Norway was ruled by the Norwegian Lade-Jarls, wich had pledged their alligiance to the Danish king, and ruled in hes stead.

[@mwtrolle]

Im from Denmark, so I know most of the history but still interested to see your take on it.

[@iwilltrytotry]

dude, fantastic video! a salient overview of this phase of the Viking Age, well presented too. apparently i've been subbed to you for a while, but i can't say i've ever seen one of your uploads pop up in my feed. glad you managed to beat the algorithm this time; notifications? on. --And it looks like i have some catching up to do! ;)

[@tc2334]

Boiled down viking history Norwegian vikings: explored and settled Danish vikings: went 'a-viking' (conquered and pillaged) Swedish vikings: explored and traded

[@JacobafJelling]

Imagine making such a well researched video on a “foreign” country. Greetings from DK🇩🇰

[@tighnarix3229]

You did the modern day map a bit wrong. Bornholm is actually still part of Denmark

[@Arterexius]

Apparently Rømø was given to the Germans on the modern map too..

[@Norilius]

Danevirke was there way before 800 AD records show. their first line of defense against Saxon raids.

[@fastertove]

Yes. It was strengthen during the Viking-age.

[@nrando5480]

Amazing as always Hilbert

[@clausholm4130]

Besides Trelleborg and Fyrkat there has been a recent discovery of a fortification similar to that one outside Køge on Sjælland

[@TheBarser]

The danish island and southern sweden was the original danish tribes. It was later that the jutes and angles was a part of it.

[@milat9287]

It's clear in the pronounciation that it's not a language that you speak naturally, but the effort definitely paid off, as it was alot clearer than 95% of foreigners trying to pronounce Danish. The effort for the sake of the video's theme was highly appreciated

[@misternegative4918]

Man, just found this channel and I have been bingeing just about everything about Vikings or anything else I’m interested in

[@thomassugg3422]

Very interesting video

[@eoinnofallamhain8936]

I cant imagine the wee peninsula was any bigger or smaller back then.

[@niclas3672]

Actually the border with Germany has historically been much further south than it is today.

[@eoinnofallamhain8936]

Niclas Dahl Aabo i know I was joking about Denmark as in the geographical term.

[@niclas3672]

@@eoinnofallamhain8936 Ah okay, I'm just dumb for not picking that up haha

[@LWT1331]

@@niclas3672 And it still would be if not for the idiotic danish king Christian IX.

[@ichibaopac2860]

I would absolutely love to see a video on the history of Skåne. As a native it's interesting to hear you talk about this. I'm currently reading a book series called "Skånes historia" by Gunnar Wetterberg which extensively covers this topic. Unfortunately it's not available in English as far as I know :(

[@NoctLightCloud]

you put so much effort into this! I ... actually even subscribed after watching this.

[@generalgrohnvale8665]

I love my brother Denmark from Sweden ❤️❤️

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

Denmark ❤💛 Scania

[@valhalla9688]

Looking forward to this video!

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Great explanations, filling in the gaps in my knowledge. Many thanks!

[@hoegild1]

I am impressed by your Danish! You have some accent but you are fairly close in most of the cases. And very well researched video!

[@ricksanchez694]

*65 swedes disliked the video when they realized not everything is about them*

[@joonte1010]

True, he could atleast have said that Denmark should be swedish... or something like that.

[@ricksanchez694]

@@joonte1010 naaah bruh. you are simply just wrong.

[@joonte1010]

@@ricksanchez694 No but seriously, danes came originally from uppland Sweden, same people as the svions, and the jutes originally came from geatland,southern Sweden.. same people as the geats. The very idea of a Denmark is simply put a horrible mistake gone wrong.

[@ricksanchez694]

@@joonte1010 Again very wrong. At least learn the history, and the history of the danes before you make yourself look like a fool. The fact you can get it so wrong only shows how little you know and therefore impossible to take seriously. Please read up on it and try again.

[@joonte1010]

@@ricksanchez694 The "Jutish hypothesis" - a term accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary - claims that the Jutes may be synonymous with the Geats of southern Sweden or their neighbours, the Gutes. The evidence adduced for this theory includes: primary sources referring to the Geats (Geátas) by alternative names such as Iútan, Iótas and Eotas; Asser in his Life of Alfred (893) identifies the Jutes with the Goths (in a passage claiming that Alfred the Great was descended, through his mother, Osburga, from the ruling dynasty of the Jutish kingdom of Wihtwara, on the Isle of Wight) the Gutasaga (13th Century) states that some inhabitants of Gotland left for mainland Europe; large burial sites attributable to either Goths or Gepids were found in the 19th century near Willenberg, Prussia (after 1945 Wielbark in Poland)

[@theshamanite]

Go by sea, never by boat. Remember this, and f**k mountains.

[@negvey]

the geographic explanations man, def got a sub for that!

[@SeraphinaPZ]

I learned a lot just from hearing how you pronounce the names. I know these places from my enjoyment of CKII and history, but I often have little idea how to say it without sounding atrocious.

[@theflyinggasmask]

No... not youtube premiere

[@historywithhilbert146]

Is this more annoying than useful? If that's the case I'll not use them anymore just testing out the new feature.

[@Narnach]

@@historywithhilbert146 Yep, was looking forward to watching it and I think I've already tried watching it twice from my Watch Later queue only to find out I can't due to it being scheduled to Premiere later :-/

[@theflyinggasmask]

@@historywithhilbert146 yup, it's really annoying to have to wait

[@historywithhilbert146]

@@theflyinggasmask Cheers for the feedback, I'll put this back up a few hours before release is that better?

[@mwtrolle]

@@historywithhilbert146 depend on if it's already uploaded, because then I do not see the point.

[@billysbilbolag2050]

Borholm is a really good indicator that Skåna once belonged to Denmark, but you accidentally made it Swedish in your illustration. But, I mean, it is, and so is all of southern Sweden, or "Denmark" as they call it, but I digress

[@omega1231]

Well atleast our ships make it out of the harbour..

[@OZ6JO]

The fantastic thing about Bornholm is that your normal way of going there by car or train - is by going through another country - Sweden - it's really no big deal. We will however never built a bridge to Bornholm.. It will ruin the idea of it being Danish - as the bridge will end in Sweden.

@@OZ6JO Yes they should never have built a bridge to Swedistan, they should have built a wall. If the Swedes want to get down south in Europe they can go by Poland or Germany

[@Sku291]

Skåne skall bli självständigt en dag!

[@TheLordZorga]

Nationalhjälte rather independent, than in the hands of the Swedes.

[@martinslvsten428]

Apart from the top yellow island to the west and the blue island to the east also being danish today, it's a really good well made video. And let me praise you for the pronunciation of danish words. It's not completely correct but it's alot better than i usually hear from english speakers. So well done.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Hello from Denmark. I just want to say you did a nice job with the pronunciations. A lot of english speaking youtubers are really struggling with the scandinavian phonemes (which is understandable. lol). Anyway, isn't it hilarious wie have islands with names like _Fun_ , _Lol-land_ and _Fallster_ ? :D

[@CepheusCosmos]

Your pronaunciations are hilarious, but respect for even trying!

[@TheNinetySecond]

Interesting, you mentioned two places I've lived (Lejre and Roskilde) and one place I've lived right next to (Jellinge). It's very clear how Denmark was shaped during the middle ages, with basically everyone settling around the best trading hubs. If you look at Lejre today, first of all it's a completely different town, with the original Lejre named Gammel Lejre (Old Lejre), but it's also perplexingly landlocked, with nothing but a very small river going through it, that can _just_ support a shallow canoe in the spring. At the same time, the whole area is very clearly a river valley, which has shaped the way the two towns developed (Old Lejre not so much, as it is very small). IIRC, this is because of glacial movements creating a deep valley going out to Roskilde fjord (which later joins Ise Fjord, connecting Roskilde and Holbæk to the Kattagat sea), and combined with higher waters at the time, the river ran wide and deep enough for the inhabitants to have easy access to the sea, bountiful Sjælland farmland, and good choke points for defense. Once the river dried up, Roskilde became the dominant town in the region, with our plentiful springs (Roskilde = Roars kilde = Roar's spring) and easy access to the sea. We have one of the largest collections of real viking ships, and an active shipbuilding dock in Roskilde, where they research historical building methods, and build replicas of old ships. Likewise, we have an archeological/anthropological experimentation center in Lejre, where you can visit a whole stone age village, with farms, animal sacrifices, stone age food and everything, and where you can even live a few weeks as a stone age family in the summer. Jellinge I only visited once, when I was briefly living between Jellinge, Vejle and Billund, but besides the two stones, there is surprisingly little history tied to the place. Of note with regards to Jylland, is a story I recently heard, about how the interior of the peninsula was sort of a wild west scenario well into the 18th and 19th century. There were apparently tribes and groups of more or less wild Danes, that would live as hunter/gatherers or robbers, and were considered basically the savage, by the very civilized east Denmark at the time. It is definitely one of the naturally wildest areas of the country (which admittedly doesn't mean much), but I've only heard this story from one guy, and haven't had it confirmed anywhere. Anyway, I just wanted to add some local perspective on this, since I've lived in this area more or less my whole life. PS: I appreciate the attempt at pronouncing in Danish, but _especially_ with the names Sjælland and Jylland, it's more of a da-dam rhythm, and not so much of a daa-dam. The double L basically means the previous vowel is as short as possible, and Danes already have a nasty habit of barely touching the vowels we're supposed to speak.

[@oxbech]

Nice video! Fun to see from a Danish perspective. Your pronunciation is not spot on, but you gave it a good try which is nice! :D The one mistake I noticed is that which you called "Kattegat" is actually "Skagerrak". The "Kattegat" only touches the eastern shore of Jylland, up until the "tip", i.e. "Skagen". The Skagerrak is the western shore and, as the western shore sort of curves, it also is to the north of Denmark. On the danish Wikipedia-article there is a very nice map that illustrates this better than the map on the english page. Anyways, keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to your next video, wheather it be about Denmark or not! :D

[@ianholder7867]

Not sure if it's been said, but not far from me here in New Zealand is a town called Dannevirke, and one called Norsewood -- reflecting their Scandinavian history. Enjoyable, entertaining and informative video -- thanks.

[@blacktemplar9499]

It's too big *the Netherlands should annex it*

[@Darthmessiah66]

come and tryXD

[@rasmuswhitehorn5240]

The U.S. is too big. China should annex it.

[@MaikMohawk]

The Netherlands did interfere in key moments of danish history. But I'm pretty sure Hilbert knows this.

[@fiddibelow]

Pfft damn liberal Dutch what are you going to do cross dress us into submission?

[@blacktemplar9499]

@@fiddibelow you make us sound as if we're swedish

[@othala4510]

The sea between Jylland and Norway is called Skagerak not Kattegat. Kattegat is between Jylland and Sweden. North Slesvig is Danish today, which is known as Sønderjylland in modern Danish (the term was made illegal after 1864 in German Schleswig). The German controlled part today is technically only South Schleswig, but still even has Danish names. You also consistently made Bornholm Swedish? The reading of the Jelling Runestone (of Denmark) is Tanmaurk, thought to represent the phonemes corresponding to Old Norse Danmörk. (T = D because there were no runes for D, same gores for Ö). Danevirke is thought to have been built in the 500s, you didn't specifically state it was built 800 but it seems that you indicate so. A sidenote to the way Jylland was divided. Jylland was divided into small organized regions known as "syssler" (in medieval danish spelt Syssæl). Only one place in Denmark retains this kind of title (Vendsyssel) but this is thought to be an older division as well, possibly making up small chiefdoms? --- Just a few corrections/notes. Very good video though, extremely informative and would (as a Dane) love to see more about these kinds of things!

[@joonte1010]

Bornholm should be swedish, and so should all of Denmark.

[@PanglossDr]

I love what you do. However, I lose track often of when things are happening. If you could put a date (approximate even) top left hand corner it would make things much clearer,

[@TheVojTIn]

Love your drawing :D and of coursem your presentation :)

[@bskorupk]

"Premieres Dec 12, 2018" I wonder how many people will be waiting until then? Will it be done in shifts? or will it be a "Marathon" with all of it's insomnia induced hilarity by the time it starts? :)

[@bskorupk]

At 0:35 - 0:45 where did the little islands to the west of Schleswig go? At 8:25 - 8:40 at "Often in the hands of the Frisians" I thought you'd continue with something akin to: "...who's lands would later become the Netherlands (WILHELMUS)"

[@dannidiller814]

Skåne is rightfully danish change my mind

[@hermanlindqvist7238]

Give us a video on Skåne pls, mate! Good pronunciation, I commend you.

[@secolerice]

Thank you for the pronunciations! I am half Scandinavian (Grandmother from Denmark, Grandfather from Norway & Sweden) but I never learned the language. I immerse myself in history but it is so great to heard its sound!

[@OZ6JO]

sorry - but that is not the sound of danish - you really have to visit us. It's well done however - like when a clever dog tries to sound like a cat.

[@ewweg]

Forgot all about greenland, iceland, east canada, and the multiple rules over scotland and england. I mean might as well menchen the North Sea Empire when talking about the Danish size in the viking age.. AND BORNHOLM

[@ewweg]

@@haaa6236 well that is true but Norway was part of the Danish kingdom, the reason they are separate countries is because of the landscape, so they have to live differently, which is why Greenland and Faroe islands is still part of the Danish kingdom.

[@ewweg]

@@haaa6236 Norway was like north Jylland of Denmark, they were the same. The North Sea Empire was in the viking age too..

[@ewweg]

@@haaa6236 The Swedish was people that didn't want to be part of the Danish kingdom so they made their own, that's why they their coulter is different from the Danish/Norwegian culture, and have been in war with Denmark a lot. to be honest only Skåne should be part of scandinavia.

[@ewweg]

@@haaa6236 No, you are thinking of the bronze age, they were working as a country since the battleaxe ara, and the viking era marks the start of the Danish kingdom.

[@AssMan1969]

You don't know your history at all, as people say this is the Norwegian Realm, Sometimes Norway and Denmark had the same king in the viking age, but kings like Cnut and Bluetooth had in reality little power in Norway.

[@kristianhp10]

Bornholm is danish you have colored it blue.....

[@kristianhp10]

No, Bornholm was only apart of Sweden from 1658 to 1660, it was even an interdependent petty kingdom undtil around 960 when it was absorbed by Harald Bluetooth into Denmark.

[@karelwolf998]

great vid, i gladly subscribed

[@johannesr3621]

cool video, nice to see some more on Danish history :D

[@nilskarlphilip7410]

MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT SKÅNE, for the love of Odin!

[@d-coltrapbstet1821]

One day.. Denmark will rule over the world..

[@rutgerw.]

Better start practicing my "Rød grød med fløde" some more then!

[@Odinsday]

*Coughs in Greenlandic*

[@theflyinggasmask]

@@Odinsday You want a beer with that?

[@emmabarone1530]

D-colt Rap bæstet [ me a Roman Descendant coughs] no Denmark will kiss Roman Boots again

[@theflyinggasmask]

@@emmabarone1530 As i Viking and Roman descendant i can confirm that Italy has 0% chance if doing ANYTHING to Denmark. The Roman empire was nothing but a holy dictatorship, they didn't care about their soldiers! Vikings respected their people and worked together as a big family. Slowly taking over the world until Christianity ruined the people. (Btw. The roman war flag was the Danish flag :P )

[@deanbuss1678]

I happen to work with a Danish man. I told him about HAROLD BLUETOOTH. Though impressed, not sure he believes me when I told him by over- laying the ancient "H", with the ancient "B", you end up with our " modern Bluetooth icon on our gadgets.😅 Enjoyed the video very much.👍

[@mkooij]

Fantastic video! Please go even more in-depth

[@jimmywayne983]

Early on Skåne was a wonderful and rather Danish part, to this day they still lean more towards Danish culture than towards the true swedish culture from Stockholm and up. Last time we lost Skåne, was however a dark part of Danish history. The Danish loyal militia in Skåne, fighting against swedish occupation. Were called Snaphanerne From that times Snaphane (snaplock) rifles, made in Denmark, That periods best rifles. The king was going broke, loosing the war and was more or less besiged constantly in that war, the king then struck a deal with sweden, sweden demanded that Snaphanerne laid down their weapons, the Danish king agreed, arranged a meeting where snaphanerne would give up their weapons. At this meeting the Danish king did a horrible thing, a thing that goes into treason against loyal subjects. The Danish king and his guards withdrew from the meeting just as the swedish king and army fell upon the gathered and unarmed loyalist militia/freedom fighters, once and for all removing the majority of the the people in Skåne loyal to Denmark and the Danish throne. That king was a dark part of our history, a coward.. And people looking to the ideology of Scandinaviaism like myself, will always have a huge dislike towards how our loyal brothers and sisters in sweden was sold out by the Danish king and executed by the swedish king.. A double betrayal of Snaphanerne in Skåne. (Yes, in this post sweden is spelled with a small S, call it innocent brotherly contempt for those murdering swedes).

The best moment in Danish history must be "The Stockholm Bloodbath"

[@jimmywayne983]

@ According to law in the 1500´s, A legit and lawful trial took place, where some people were found guilty and executed. The word bloodbath is swedish propaganda to describe the trial from their loosing perspective :)

@@jimmywayne983 It was 1640 and let us do it again,

[@Starkodder1963]

@@jimmywayne983 The problem is that this event paved way for breaking the Calmar union and the rise of Gustav Vasa. Christian 2 was not very smart.

[@RepDEntertainment]

@ For the Danes vs Swedes thing, definitely it was. But for the kingdom of Denmark, it was a horrible decision. Due to that the Swedes broke out of the Kalmar Union and became independant again. The only time Scandinavia was united under a single ruler/monarch, broken free cause of a tyrant king decided to execute Nobles in violation of agreement.

[@louisayers3477]

In Danish the letter V used after a vowel can form a dipthong, København is rather pronounced ker-bn-hawn (hawn rhyming with town). :D

[@Alan_Mac]

My most recent ex wife is a Swede. Is it a sin to call it shope-in-ham?

[@mwtrolle]

@@Alan_Mac lol, if I found out my wife were a Swede I would also divorce her. :P

[@Alan_Mac]

Curiously enough, you seldom find out one's ex wife's nationality by accident ;)

[@mwtrolle]

@@Alan_Mac you sure, people have a tendency to hide the dark secrets!

[@mwtrolle]

@@Alan_Mac but guess you would know from the accent, right :P

[@ScottJB]

Bornholm, shown as part of Sweden: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jardon8636]

again hilllbert, dank u well.... for intresting video...

[@tombombadil8084]

Love the video especially as a Dane myself... there is only one small problem which is that in around 0:50 you called the war for the dano-prussian war but it's actually more commonly called 'the war 1864' or 'the second schleswig war' however that's just me nitpicking Keep up the nice work!

[@guntherdoesaliltrolling5757]

How big is denmark? Answer: *as big as denmark* Drum sound: *Badum-tschuss* I'm sorry I'll go now 😞

[@TheNinetySecond]

Smaller, actually.

[@TheBodyOnPC]

'How big WAS Denmark?'

[@Shytzedaka]

Ayeee an interesting Video by my Favorite KZbinr!

[@annamosier1950]

very good work

[@Odinsday]

Ah, Denmark. That one European nation that tried to make a powerful maritime empire like his English cousin, but kind of faded into obscurity instead of ruling 25% of the world’s surface with an iron fist. Still, it’s interesting to think what a true Danish empire could hold if they had enough money.

[@martijn9568]

Are you talking about the Dutch?

[@StillRooneyStarcraft]

It makes sense that Denmark never reached the success of the United Kingdom: 1. You can fit more than 5 Denmarks in the UK (excluding Greenland of course). 2. It's connected to the continent, meaning it doesn't have the defensive moat that is the English Channel. 3. Very low soil fertility in comparison, meaning it can't support a big population 4. Lack of coal fields, leading to slower and less productive industrialization

[@theflyinggasmask]

We did become the strongest naval power in the world and took over England before we got bored and headed home to our beautiful country.

[@Odinsday]

Shit, I didn’t mean to offend anybody. lol

[@StillRooneyStarcraft]

@@Odinsday Hehe, neither offended nor Danish, no worries :-p

[@DanskerneFraDanmark]

Danmark !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Pos3id0n.]

You mentioned a canal connecting the North Sea to Hedeby? Where was this exactly, did it cut right across southern Denmark or something?

[@carstenbleserrasmussen6635]

Thanks for the lesson. I am a Dane I knew some of it but learned some. Thanks for the good quality explanation.

[@woia]

Not as big as Norway

[@jeppe4344]

Anders *waiting for dick joke*

[@billysbilbolag2050]

Well actually... * looks at map from between 1523 to 1815 * Norway was Denmark for quite some time, so... I don't know, seems pretty big to me...

[@AsdDsa-qo7es]

@@billysbilbolag2050 Both were Denmark-Norway, neither was just Denmark or just Norway.

[@user-nc4yb8rd3g]

Norway is basically one big mountain so it doesn’t matter

[@trulsemiljohansen4884]

@@billysbilbolag2050 Well actually Norway and Denmark were in a union. A union does not mean that Norway was a part of Denmark, bacause it was called Denmark-Norway. If Norway were a part of Denmark then it would've just been called Denmark.

[@obummer6163]

Russia did surgery on a rocket

[@MoricsR.BrivMurnieks]

That BazBattle free royalty background music in the middle of video. Gives realy nice vibe

[@stefanatliorvaldsson3563]

Great video

[@redzaces]

Bornholm is denmark not sweden😂😮😢😊

[@oscarlucky123]

Lol*land?

[@OZ6JO]

yes - Lolland :-) but actually it's not just one Island - but two og nearly equal size - Lolland and Falster - both with the best land for growing things - the most "fat" soil. In the iceage some 15000 years ago - all the good soil of Norway and Sweden - was scraphed of by the 1-3 Km thick ice and pushed south - the thickest - the cream of soil - first - when it got warmer - the ice melted and left everything where it was - so the 2 most south islands got the best soil.

[@benjaminsencool4157]

Falster er ikke en del af Lolland

[@OZ6JO]

Nej - men de 2 naboøer nævnes ofte som Lolland - Falster - men jeg er godt klar over at det især er de lokale der ikke tåler dem nævnt i samme sætning. Kendte engang en god veninde - i Nyk.F - engang jeg var på besøg, spurgte jeg om der mon var en bestemt butik i nabolaget - og ja - der ligger en sådan ovre i Sundby på Lolland - lød svaret. Jamen så skal jeg lige derovre og købe den Miele støvsuger jeg så var på tilbud - det må vel gælde i hele landet - når det er i tilbudsavisen - men hun var godt nok ikke meget for at handle i en butik på Lolland.

[@Goldie_DK]

ur pretty good at speaking danish thx for the video :D

[@spacecanuk8316]

Many of those forts were more like supply depots so armies could march quicker around the kingdom. They were required to keep specific amounts of food, equipment and silver/money at all tiles. Learned that from a local reenactor when I was up visiting one. Also not the worst pronounciation, which is impressive as it is Danish, but ya gotta work on the Y’s lol.

[@aaronblygh4719]

Denmark Strønk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeppe4344]

Àaron Blygh no mennnnnn

[@SomalianDuke]

Danmark is = The Land of the Danes” not border og the danes. Mark er dansk og er ment som land. Ikke grænse.

[@IsraKaulitz]

Love the jolly soundtrack you use :3

[@vampyrjack]

Definately wouldn't mind seeing more videos on this topic

[@rateeightx]

Danish Is Weird. Can We All Agree To Speak Norwegian Instead?

[@rateeightx]

@@lazergurka-smerlin6561 Do What? You Can Speak Swedish In Sweden, As Long As We Agree That Danes Speak With Potatoes In Their Mouths.

[@gnomeemporer873]

No

[@lohfert86]

@@lazergurka-smerlin6561 no talk danish you swede. Its you and the norwegians that talk funny.

[@billysbilbolag2050]

​@@lohfert86 You are objectively wrong according to every non dane in the world, but don't do a Skåne and make it so neither of us can understand what you're saying (Your language low key cool though)

[@christopherellis2663]

Which of the two? There are also at least two types of Swedish. Learn to make devoiced stops (b, d ,g) and you can be a Dane.

[@BRAgamer]

You keep coming with black haired nordics dont you my dear... racial reality and phenotypes dont seem to be important to you eh lad... When will Saxon Jaime Fox be appearing on the Channel???

[@hake8605]

What the fuck are you talking about? This comment shows you know nothing of history or demographics. Not every Nord was a blond blue eyed person. Tons of people had red, brown and black hair. This isnt surprising if you use your brain (I know it's hard for you) since people from places like modern day France or Germany could easily move there and have children with people originally living there. This was happening for thousands of years.

[@hake8605]

Also fun fact: The human race most likely didnt have blond hair in the beginning due to their climate. That means the original people that came to Scandinavia in the beginning also most likely had a darker shade of hair.

[@BRAgamer]

@@hake8605 The time scale you twisted the discussion towards is extremelly off balance and has nothing to do with the topic, and brings down the mask hiding your intellectual disonesty.

[@hake8605]

@@BRAgamerThats a nice list of buzzwords you got there.

Have you ever seen a blond, blue-eyed Eskimo? I once had an Eskimo girlfriend her name was A'kasutte 😆 and her dog was called Bollmig, not good names when they got lost in the park and you have to call for them

[@lilmama4426]

LOVE your video!!(Def Subbed) Being born in Central Alabama and not knowing anything about my History (except the same Alabama County since early 1800s & NC before then) I was absolutely Amazed when I got three different DNA test that confirmed I have 20% -22% Scandinavian DNA on each! I have so many exact DNA matches in modern day in Sweden, Finland and surrounding areas than I could ever have imagined!! I have been trying to learn as much as possible about my Ancestors ever since.😊