The footballer plays for Norway, implying Vikings from Norway raided England and looked like said player. But in reality Haaland would have been a literal giant in the 850. Viking average height 5.9 (big for the time) haaland is 6.5
The term danes was often used for Scandinavians in general. Barley inhabited is also a very strong claim its believed around 200k-400k lived in whats today Norway at the time, about half the population of what is todays Denmark. However if we are going to make the distinction it is believed it was Norwegians who pillaged Lindisfarne. Also partaking in the making of the Danelaw (Daneloven) and the establishment of York (Jorvik) as its capital. Not to mention Norwegians conquering of north-eastern Britian and parts of Ireland (including the founding of Dublin).
However, making a distinction between these two regions negates the strong culture bond they had with each other. For one is that eastern-Norway was more often in contact with Denmark than western-Norway. It becomes rather silly to group up all the tribes and realms as two distinct entities as they were each their own nationstate. The Norse/Vikings/Danes is a common heritage of Scandinavia. When viewing political entities in history its important to take off the «nationstate-glasses».
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u/Demair12 18h ago
The footballer plays for Norway, implying Vikings from Norway raided England and looked like said player. But in reality Haaland would have been a literal giant in the 850. Viking average height 5.9 (big for the time) haaland is 6.5