<P> The Great Viking Army or Great Danish Army , known by the Anglo - Saxons as the Great Heathen Army ( OE : mycel hæþen here ) , was a coalition of Norse warriors , primarily originating from Denmark but with elements from Sweden and Norway , who came together under a unified command to invade the four Anglo - Saxon kingdoms that constituted England in AD 865 . </P>
<P> The Great Viking Army or Great Danish Army , known by the Anglo - Saxons as the Great Heathen Army ( OE : mycel hæþen here ) , was a coalition of Norse warriors , primarily originating from Denmark but with elements from Sweden and Norway , who came together under a unified command to invade the four Anglo - Saxon kingdoms that constituted England in AD 865 . </P>
when did the viking great army arrived in england
when did the viking great army arrived in england
AD 865
AD 865