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New on this board, just got one question as a Swede. Was Rurik Swedish? I know the Varangians were Swedes who ventured through the Baltic and then into Russia to rule them and settle down (Varjager in Swedish).
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varjager
But the man called Rurik, was he Swedish? Can't see any other explanation, are there any bodies to take DNA tests from, perhaps the Tzar of Russia or some older descendant along his lineage?
Thanks!
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Swedish didn't exist as a concept back then, he could have been from literally anywhere in Scandinavia
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>>2994737
Swedes existed as a "concept" or a tribe, long before that. Svear in Swedish.
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>>2994734
yes he was norse. russia gets its name from varangian rus who were norse warriors who fought for the byzantine emperor. however norse settlers in russia were few and were slavified.
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>>2994734
He was
actually a Fin.
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>>2994734
He was more likely a Norwegian or Dane, considering the Swedish have never done anything useful or interesting throughout their entire history and all the other Norse colonies and conquests have come from one of the two.
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