All the victims of the Vikings were Danish, that”s what they called them: it did not matter if they came from Norway, Denmark or Sweden, they called them Danish.

Most of them are familiar with the impressive Danish ax, huge leaf blade, sometimes more than a foot wide.

But the smaller axes were more popular for all kinds of work to cut tree branches.

They could be launched if necessary, but they were more useful in hand-to-hand combat with or without a shield