Kylfings
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The Kylfings were a people of uncertain origin active in Northern Europe during the Viking Age, roughly from the late ninth century to the early twelfth century. They could be found in areas of Laplan
The Norslunda runestone bearing runic inscription U 419, which mentions the personal name Kylfingr
The eastern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, proposed by proponents of a Finnic origin for the Kylfings as that group's homeland
Runestone Sö 318, containing the personal name Kylfingr
Varangian Guardsmen, an illumination from the 11th century chronicle of John Skylitzes
Rus' people
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The Rus', also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settle
The Kälvesten runestone from the 9th century.
Guests from Overseas, Nicholas Roerich (1899)
Ship burial of a Rus' chieftain as described by the Arab traveler Ahmad ibn Fadlan who visited north-eastern Europe in the 10th century. Henryk Siemiradzki (1883)
"Each woman wears on either breast a box of iron, silver, copper, or gold; the value of the box indicates the wealth of the husband."