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Sigtuna got burned down by Finnish, Karelians, Estonians or Estonian Vikings, and this was 1187...
by impossiblefork 1y ago
Sigtuna got burned down by Finnish, Karelians, Estonians or Estonian Vikings, and this was 1187...
- jeltz 1y agoI wouldn't be surprised if Stockholm started out as an attempt to protect the cities around Lake Mälaren from raids. It is not known why the city is called Stockholm but one theory is that ot comes from logs driven into the lake to control who goes in and out of the lake.
- impossiblefork 1y agoYes, and I think this specific incident may have motivated it, since it was founded not that much later.