First, you probably mean incursion, there was no Scandinavian inquisition. And no, it isn't true. First, remember that by the time the first churches were buil

First, you probably mean incursion, there was no Scandinavian inquisition. And no, it isn't true. First, remember that by the time the first churches were built on the Scandinavian peninsula, Christianity had existed for about 700 years. Before that time, Christian ideas had perculated up and been incorporated, in garbled form, in Norse religion. And even after that, they had 300 years to get to know what it was about until being Christian became a civic obligation like it was in the rest of Europe. The viking raiders absolutely were savages, but the Norse did not identify with them, the way we equate them today. For them, viking was just the word for pirate, and if you did it - as could be tempting, seeing your neighbours come home with loot - you still probably wouldn't want to brag about it.