<P> The Viking Age ( 793 -- 1066 AD ) is a period in European history , especially Northern European and Scandinavian history , following the Germanic Iron Age . It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade , raids , colonization , and conquest . In this period , the Norsemen settled in Norse Greenland , Newfoundland , and present - day Faroe Islands , Iceland , Norway , Sweden , Normandy , Scotland , England , Ireland , Isle of Man , the Netherlands , Germany , Ukraine , Russia , and Turkey . </P>
<P> The Viking Age ( 793 -- 1066 AD ) is a period in European history , especially Northern European and Scandinavian history , following the Germanic Iron Age . It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade , raids , colonization , and conquest . In this period , the Norsemen settled in Norse Greenland , Newfoundland , and present - day Faroe Islands , Iceland , Norway , Sweden , Normandy , Scotland , England , Ireland , Isle of Man , the Netherlands , Germany , Ukraine , Russia , and Turkey . </P>
when did the viking age start and end
when did the viking age start and end
793 -- 1066 AD
793 -- 1066 AD